An outbreak at ` Bovas ’ petrol station in Osogbo on
Wednesday caused pandemonium as two children of the
same mother were burnt to death, the News Agency of
Nigeria ( NAN) reports .
An eyewitness who spoke on condition of anonymity , told
NAN that the victims were children of the owner of the
station located in front of Osogbo Grammar School .
He said that the mother of the children also suffered
burns in the process of trying to rescue her children .
The Director of the state Fire Service , Mr Michael
Ogundipe , who confirmed the incident while speaking with
journalists said that two lives were lost in the fire and that
the cause of the fire had yet to be determined.
“ We responded immediately we were called and sent two
vehicles . We have equipment but there was congestion on
the road which slowed down our movement .
“ We met the fire burning and observed that the
construction of the building did not follow the guideline.
“ There was no exit route . No fire extinguisher was there .
They would have been able to battle the fire if they had
extinguishers , ” he said .
The director said that the remains of the children had been
deposited at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
morgue while their mother was also receiving treatment at
the same hospital .
Some other eyewitnesses said the woman and her three
children were inside the mini market attached to the filling
station when the fire started , adding that she succeeded
in rescuing one of the children .
Fire- fighters were still battling to put off the fire which
also destroyed a Toyota Corolla car as at the time of filing
this report .
Some sympathisers who spoke to NAN correspondent at
the scene , described the owner of the station was one of
the most honest petroleum marketers in the state .
They called on security agencies to conduct proper
investigation to know the cause of the fire

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