A retired radiologist and the eldest child of late Ologbosere of Warri
Kingdom, Chief O. N. Rewane, was yesterday burnt to death in an early
morning fire in Lagos. The 75-year-old Dr. Irene Damola (nee Rewane) was
at at her 5, Tola Adewunmi Street, Maryland, Lagos residence where the
unfortunate incident occured.
Kingdom, Chief O. N. Rewane, was yesterday burnt to death in an early
morning fire in Lagos. The 75-year-old Dr. Irene Damola (nee Rewane) was
at at her 5, Tola Adewunmi Street, Maryland, Lagos residence where the
unfortunate incident occured.
Vanguard
gathered that the fire started from her bedroom in the duplex occupied
by her and a domestic staff. Eyewitnesses said smoke was noticed
upstairs at midnight, following which security men raised alarm. Efforts
by the private guards in the street to put out the fire failed.
Eyewitnesses said:
gathered that the fire started from her bedroom in the duplex occupied
by her and a domestic staff. Eyewitnesses said smoke was noticed
upstairs at midnight, following which security men raised alarm. Efforts
by the private guards in the street to put out the fire failed.
Eyewitnesses said:
“Some people even attempted to move in to rescue Dr. Damola, but the
entrance door was locked. “The young lady living with her later opened
the door. By the time the fire was put out by the fire service men, she
had been burnt to death.”
Lagos State Fire Service Director, Mr. Rasaq Fadipe, said the fire
service got to the scene at about 4.02a.m. as soon as they got the
information and tried to save the lives of the occupants. He said:
service got to the scene at about 4.02a.m. as soon as they got the
information and tried to save the lives of the occupants. He said:
“It is a five-bedroom apartment. The woman, Dr. Irene Damola, lives
upstairs, while the young lady staying with her lives downstairs. The
fire started from her bedroom. “She made efforts to escape, but the fire
caught up with her at the door of her bedroom, where my men met her
dead. “We were able to prevent the fire from spreading to the ground
floor. We gathered that before her demise, she
was not walking well, and the effect of old age might have affected her
mobility. We didn’t allow the fire to spread beyond the room.“The fire could be attributed to power
surge or maybe an appliance was left on, because we gathered that there
was no power initially. We handed over the corpse to the police and the
family, who had been sent for by neighbours.”
The corpse was handed over to policemen from Anthony Village Division.”
Late Dr. Damola retired as a radiologist in Saudi Arabia before
returning to Nigeria. She also worked at Lagos University Hospital,
LUTH.
Late Dr. Damola retired as a radiologist in Saudi Arabia before
returning to Nigeria. She also worked at Lagos University Hospital,
LUTH.