2 Kids Burnt in Inferno

By RAYMOND TEDUNJAYE,
Tuesday, September 6, 2005.

TWO kids identified as Messrs David Akinyemi and Ifeoluwa Akinyemi were during the weekend burnt to death in a fire inferno that gutted an apartment at Ilasamaja area of the state.

The children whose ages were given as five and three respectively were said to have been in a deep sleep when the fire outbreak occurred at about 3.00 am on Tuesday.

Property estimated to worth millions of Naira were also said to have been destroyed in the inferno which occurred in the flat apartment located at 7, Olusanya Street, Ilasamaja.

As gathered, parents of the deceased children were not at home when the sad occurrence took place and efforts to rescue them by co-tenants proved abortive.

Though the cause of the inferno could not be obtained at the time of the report, sympathizers and neighbours were said to have helped in putting off the fire before it could get out of hand.

Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, Mr. Olubode Ojajuni, confirmed the incident in a chat with our correspondent.

He said the case is under investigation to ascertain the cause.