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An early morning fire at the morgue of the Anatomy Department of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, burnt no fewer than twelve corpses in an incident which caught many unawares.

The fire incident was confirmed by Folasade Odoro, the spokesperson for the Osun State Police Command who informed that no lives were lost aside from the twelve burnt corpses which were kept in a cabin in the morgue.

According to the Public Relations Officer of the university, Abiodun Olanrewaju in a statement, the fire which razed the morgue was caused by power surge which started around 3am.

Olanrewaju said, “The fire, which broke out around 3am today, Tuesday, November 19, 2019, was caused by electricity surge, which affected a section of the morgue, where corpses were kept. Out of about 102 bodies that were kept in the morgue, 12 were affected by the fire.

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“The department has made detailed arrangements to duly and adequately inform those, who kept bodies in the morgue.”

He said the Vice-Chancellor, OAU, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, and other principal officers of the institution visited the scene of the incident to assess the level of damage.

“The VC has also constituted a three-member committee to look into the immediate and remote causes of the fire,” Olanrewaju added.

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