Students Escape Injury as Fire Gut OAU Hostel

Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife were fortunate to escape when fire gutted one of the rooms in Moremi Hostel of the university.

It was learnt that the fire occurred at Room ‎A304 of the hostel  mid-day Thursday, when the school was on break.

According to eyewitnesses, the fire outbreak was likely caused by electrical appliances.

Among the ‎items that were lost to the outbreak included beds, clothes, books, and kitchen utensils.

It was gathered that it took the joint efforts of porters and students to stop further escalation of the fire.

‎A student, who identified herself as Tolu said most of the students were indoors relaxing when the outbreak occurred.

She said, "We were all sleeping when the fire broke out. We just noticed that there was thick smoke from one of the rooms. We all rushed out and started to look for water to stop it."
Another student added that the occupant of the room was nearly injured.

"The girl inside the room narrowly escaped. Most of the occupants of the room have travelled except her in the room. If not for prompt intervention, we will be talking of another thing now," she said.

source: dailytimes.com.ng