Fire scare caused by smoke at cocoa house, Ibadan.
There was fire scare at Cocoa House , Ibadan , on Tuesday as smoke was seen emanating from the fourth floor of the tallest building in the city.
Concerned passersby alerted
in Ibadan to a possible fire outbreak in the building through a text message and telephone calls.
The 26- storey building belonging to Odua Investment Company Limited was gutted by fire in 1985 and it took the company , which is owned by the South - West States seven years to rehabilitate .
A text message from one of the concerned individuals, who simply identified himself as Hamed , said that he saw smoke coming out of a part of the building around 11 am . When our correspondent called him for further details , he said that the smoke was from one of the lower floors and that he saw some occupants of the building fleeing to safety .
A worker at one of the companies located in the building, Foluso Oloke , said that there was an electric spark at a new communications ’ company that has an office in the building and that the situation was quickly brought under control.
“ There was a spark from the faulty meter and it brought out smoke . Naturally , people would express fear because of a past incident when the building got burnt with many people injured. But there was no damage to the building this time because the spark did not ignite fire , ” she said .
When contacted , Group Head , Corporate Affairs, Odua Investment, Victor Ayetoro , confirmed that there was smoke from the fourth floor with no damage to the structure.
He said , “ I can confirm to you that there is no fire in Cocoa House . An engine was started on the fourth floor and it emitted smoke which probably caused a scare because people could see the smoke from distance because of the height of the building and its strategic position in the area .
“ We also want to advice people not to raise a false alarm without confirming the situation on the ground . ”
Concerned passersby alerted
The 26- storey building belonging to Odua Investment Company Limited was gutted by fire in 1985 and it took the company , which is owned by the South - West States seven years to rehabilitate .
A text message from one of the concerned individuals, who simply identified himself as Hamed , said that he saw smoke coming out of a part of the building around 11 am . When our correspondent called him for further details , he said that the smoke was from one of the lower floors and that he saw some occupants of the building fleeing to safety .
A worker at one of the companies located in the building, Foluso Oloke , said that there was an electric spark at a new communications ’ company that has an office in the building and that the situation was quickly brought under control.
“ There was a spark from the faulty meter and it brought out smoke . Naturally , people would express fear because of a past incident when the building got burnt with many people injured. But there was no damage to the building this time because the spark did not ignite fire , ” she said .
When contacted , Group Head , Corporate Affairs, Odua Investment, Victor Ayetoro , confirmed that there was smoke from the fourth floor with no damage to the structure.
He said , “ I can confirm to you that there is no fire in Cocoa House . An engine was started on the fourth floor and it emitted smoke which probably caused a scare because people could see the smoke from distance because of the height of the building and its strategic position in the area .
“ We also want to advice people not to raise a false alarm without confirming the situation on the ground . ”
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