An infant and two other persons were on Wednesday burnt to death in a fire incident in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred at Oke-Egunya along the NTA Road in the state capital.
An eyewitness told PUNCH Metro that the fire started around 3.15pm following a gas explosion.
The source explained that a technician had visited a house in the area to service a faulty refrigerator.
“In the process of topping up the gas of the refrigerator, there was an attraction of fire from someone cooking, which resulted in an explosion,” the eyewitness stated.
When contacted, the Director of Fire Service in the state, Fatai Adefala, confirmed the incident.
Adefala said his men received a distress call and raced to the scene to extinguish the fire.
He stated that three persons were burnt to death as they could not escape from the scene.
He stated that three persons were burnt to death as they could not escape from the scene.
THE PUNCH
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