Fire outbreak kills two siblings in Naval base.

Two siblings were on Friday, October 15, burnt to death in an early morning fire outbreak that razed a three bedroom flat in Navy Officers’ quarters, Camp site, Kirikiri, Lagos state.

The inferno which occurred at about 3:30 am, killed two brothers aged 6 and 9 years, The Nation reports. Their father, a Navy Captain, was out of town with their mother when the incident occurred.
The fire was said to have been put out by a combined team of Fire Service, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and policemen from the Kirikiri division, at about 4:30 am. Although reports claim that the fire broke out when all the four occupants of the flat were fast asleep, Patience the house maid,  rescued the couple’s first son, Ayomide, 13.