Generator Fumes Kills Four, Two Hospitalized in Ọ̀ṣun State.
Four persons have reportedly died in Iree, Bórípẹ́ LG Area of Ọ̀sun State, while two other victims were rushed to the hospital.
According to inside Osogbo reports, four people have passed away in Iree, Boripe LG Area of Osun State.
The victims went to a pre-birthday celebration but they failed to lock the door of the room where the felicitation was taking place, and they kept the generator set running all night while they went to bed, according to the information that is now accessible. They suffocate while they were sleeping.
Two further people who were reportedly rendered unconscious by the fumes were taken directly to the hospital.
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@OluyemiOyewole tweet; But it's an avoidable death.
Our people should avoid using generator in the same enclosure they sleep in.
Government should step up efforts to make electricity available and accessible by public mains to all.
The Incident was reported to have occurred around Yakoyo Area, a popular area where many Osun State Polytechnic students reside.
According to a report, two out of the dead are students of OSPOLY, while the victim's identities are yet to be revealed one of them was said to be a student of Business Administration, another belong to the Mass Communication department, while the other two deceased's are indigenes of the Iree Community.
We learnt that the deceased's were killed by the fume of the generator which serviced the residence where they had a pre-birthday party.
The deceased's were said to have taken various intoxicants in felicitation for a pre-birthday party but forgot to lock the door of their room which was reportedly receiving fumes from the working generator.
Also, a source revealed that the other two who have been hospitalized had also consumed intoxicants but managed to close their door which partially prevented the generator fumes from infiltrating their room.
Another source who spoke to NEB correspondent affirmed that some of the students were identified to be from the KOKO campus of the institution.
However, the Students Union Government and some of the institution officials have reportedly stepped out to take necessary actions.
