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80-year-old woman dies In Kwara fire Incident

Kwara State Fire service has recovered the body of an 80 years old Woman who died during a fire incident at a location behind Federal Secretariat in Ilorin.

In a statement the spokesman of the Kwara state Fire Service Hassan Adekunle said the timely intervention of firemen put out the Fire.

The statement explains that the cause of the Fire is yet to be ascertained.

It said the firemen were able to confine the fire to the first floor of the storey building where it originated from, adding that out of four flats in the storey building, one flat was affected.

The statement noted that the delay in distress call, led to severe damage to the buildings and a woman of about 80 Years old was recovered from the building and suspected dead before the spread of the Fire was contained.

In his remark the Director, Kwara State Fire Service, Prince Falade Olumuyiwa, advised the general public to be more safety conscious.

Reporting by Ali Rabiu, editing by Daniel Adejo