The Federal Fire Service on Tuesday revealed that residents of Ondo state have lost property worth N164.2m to fire incidents between January and August 2022.

The South West Zone L,  Commander and Assistant Comptroller of Fire Service, James Olatunji disclosed this when he paid a courtesy visit to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in his office.

The Zone comprises Ondo, Osun and Ekiti States.

Olatunji pointed out that between January 1 and August 9, 2022, the Service saved five lives while one life was lost during fire incidents. 

He added that property worth N3.139bn were saved just as the state lost property worth N164.2m.

According to him, the properties included houses, shops, market, event centres, fuel tankers, trucks and others.

He said a total of 46 cases were recorded during the period under review.

He added that just last Friday afternoon, he personally led a crew of fire service to Sijuwade area where properties worth N50m were saved.

Olatunji appreciated Governor Akeredolu for the harmonious relationship among the State government, the Federal and State Fire Services as well as all the security agencies in the state, adding that Governor Akeredolu has consistently supported the Federal Fire Service in the state with logistics and other important needs to boost their activities. 

He also applauded the Governor for making the state safe and habitable for the citizenry by improving on the security architecture across the state, just as he expressed the readiness of his team to key into the security architecture of the state to further secure the lives and property of the people.

He also gave the Toll Free emergency number as 112 and Ondo State Federal Fire Service emergency number 08133006400, in case of fire outbreak. 

In a remark, governor Akeredolu, while stressing the importance of the fire service, said if not for their timely interventions at different occasions, properties worth several billions of naira would have been lost to various fire incidents in different parts of the state.