Fire gutted a building in the palace of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi on Wednesday at around 1:14pm and it lasted 23 minutes before it was put out.
A source in the palace said the fire service department arrived the palace six minutes after they were notified.
The Administrative Officer of Osun State Fire Service, Fatai Aremu, said the incident was caused by power surge.
“Our men at Ile-Ife fire station were called about 1.20pm and they put off the fire… caused by power surge,” Aremu said.
Also commenting on the incident, Director of Media and Public Affairs at the palace Moses Olafare said: “A minor fire outbreak, involving a tiny part of one of the administrative buildings within the palace happened about 1.15 pm today (yesterday).
“The fire, which lasted about 20 minutes, was put out by people in the palace, led by the Ooni’s Chief Security, Kolawole Emmanuel. They were later joined by men of the fire services from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) and OAUTH.
“There were no causalities.”
