Dr. Irene Rewane, eldest child of the late Ologbosere of Warri
Kingdom, Chief O.N Rewane, and a retired radiologist, was in the wee hours of
Wednesday burnt to death in Lagos state.
Although the
exact cause of the inferno that gutted her residence at No 5 Tola Adewunmi
Street, Maryland, could not be ascertained at press time, eyewitnesses’ account
had it that smoke was noticed upstairs at midnight.
However,
security men raised the alarm which saw private guards in the street reportedly
trying to put out the fire.
According to
reports, the inferno started from her bedroom in the duplex apartment occupied
by her and a domestic staff.
Eyewitnesses
disclosed to Vanguard that some people attempted to move in to rescue the
75-year-old Dr. Irene (nee Rewane), a staff of the Lagos University Hospital,
LUTH, 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,” eyewitness account
revealed.
Lagos State
Fire Service Director, Mr. Rasaq Fadipe, while confirming the incident,
disclosed that men of the fire service got to the scene at about 4.02am.
Fadipe said
as soon as they got the information, they 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 upstairs. We were able to prevent
the fire from spreading to the ground floor.
“She made
efforts to escape, but the fire caught up with her at the door of her bedroom,
where my men met her dead.”
The Director
said the corpse was handed over to policemen from Anthony Village Division.
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