A man, Dotun Omiyale, has narrated how a major fire havoc was averted today, January 21, 2022 in Ibadan.

Omiyale, a photographer, took to his Twitter page, giving graphic details of the event and accompanying it with viduals.

He revealed he was fast asleep when a neighbour came knocking on his door to inform him about a burning filling station.

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Was actually still in bed when my Neighbor raised the fire alarm, banging on my door, shouting “Mr Omiyale you’re still sleeping when the whole neighborhood is about to catch fire”😂😂😂 The filling station is just behind our Neighborhood.

It was reported that the tanker driver upon noticing the fire while inside the station drove it out to the middle of the road and jumped out immediately, thereby mitigating the would be tragic inferno. should he not the station would have caught fire along with the neighborhood.

After Exhausting two fire fighting water trucks, the fire was still on.
Bovas sent in there fire fighting truck which also complemented the efforts of the fire fighters. They were able to attack the fire from different angles.

Later on, a bigger truck came in with much more capacity and pressure. then they were able to tackle the source of the fire. which gave them victory over the fire.

Firefighter Ibadan Nigeria 2022.

When the fire was over.

Today I witnessed a first hand experience where few Men put others first by putting themselves on the line, they were so immersed in there work not minding the risks. these are the faces of some of the Fighters who put an end to the fire incident today. Kudos to Them.