Five-year-old boy sets house on fire in Kwara

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On Monday, a five-year-old kid set fire to a five-bedroom duplex in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara state.

At approximately 5:32 p.m., the event occurred on Abiodun Adebiyi Close, off Yidi Road, in the Irewolede district of Ilorin.

According to Hassan Adekunle, a spokesman for the state fire service, the incident was “caused by a five-year-old boy playing with matches who inadvertently dropped a lit stick on a combustible material, which ignited the flames.”

He stated that the state fire service received a distress call on the fire outbreak at Abiodun Adebiyi Close, off Yidi Road in the Irewolede area of Ilorin. Firefighters responded quickly, arriving at the site to find one room of a five-bedroom duplex engulfed in flames.

“Through sheer expertise and technical precision, the team worked fervently to contain the fire, ensuring it did not spread to other rooms or nearby buildings. Thanks to their exceptional skill and coordination, only one room was affected,” he stated.

The Director of the Kwara State Fire Service, Prince Falade John Olumuyiwa, praised the firefighters for their quick and tactical response.

He asked the public to put fire safety first and advised parents to keep matches away from youngsters, underlining that a single matchstick might destroy a whole building.

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