What would have been a fatal disaster was averted after one of the Oyo State Covid-19 ambulances was razed down by fire in front of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN office in Ibadan, the state capital.
The incident which occurred 4.30pm did not claim any life, but it took the combined efforts of men of the Odua Fire Service and Oyo State fire fighters to combat the inferno that could have spread to the buildings of some multi-national companies around Dugbe. Around the area where the incident occurred are the CBN building, First Bank and a shopping mall.
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The driver of the burnt ambulance could not be immediately located to give account of what may have happened. The team leader of the firefighters, Chief Superintendent Olawale could also not establish the remote cause of the fire but said it could have been as a result of a spark from the engine.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
