The tragedy was averted on Tuesday at Ijero Ekiti, Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State, as fire-ravaged a section of Owa Ajero’s palace in the community.
It was gathered six children of Owa Ajero, Oba Joseph Adebayo Adewole, were evacuated from the inferno by sympathizers.
Narrating how the incident happened, Olori Christianah Adewole, told journalists that the fire suddenly surged around 4 pm from a section of the palace called Abokoaye and burnt the entire rooms therein.
Olori Adewole added that the four-bedroom flat was destroyed and it took the intervention of sympathisers to rescue six children who were inside the rooms in the bungalow.
She said some visitors who came to the palace noticed the thick smoke from that section and raised the alarm before sympathisers came to quench it and prevented the inferno from spreading to the first floor of the one -storey building and the adjoining buildings
“The fire started around 4 pm and the thick smoke oozing out showed that it had started long before the people noticed it.
“The rooms and other accessories inside were destroyed and for the help of the people, the children inside were evacuated through the windows”.
The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, who paid a visit to the monarch commiserated with Oba Adewole over the wanton destruction.
The governor, represented by his Chief of Staff, Hon. Biodun Omoleye visited the palace for on the spot assessment of the damaged palace and sympathized with the monarch over the fire incident.
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