Society Gists

A popular private hospital in Akure, the Ondo State capital, the Ultimate Specialist Hospital was in the early hours of yesterday gutted by fire.

Medical equipment and other valuable items worth millions of naira were destroyed by the inferno, which lasted for almost two hours.

It was, however, not certain whether or not any casualty was recorded, but many patients receiving treatment at the hospital were rescued.

Although the cause of the fire incident which started at 2a.m. in the midnight could not be ascertained as at press time, Daily Sun gathered that a power surge  occurred few minutes to the incident.

SocietyGists was reliably informed that officials of the state Fire Service arrived the scene of the incident late, hence, the high gravity of the inferno.

The proprietor of the hospital, Dr. David Oguntuase could not be reached as at the time of filing this report.

A similar incident occurred penultimate Saturday at the Arakale gas company, Akure.