No fewer than six houses were razed in an inferno that gutted a Mobil petrol station on Saturday evening in Igbokoda, headquarters of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The fire which began at 7.30p.m. was as a result of a spark which emanated from a house beside the Mobil filling station.
Although, no life was lost in the inferno, the absence of a fire service station in the town worsened the situation.
Our correspondent gathered that there is no fire service station in Igbokoda, the headquarters of Ondo State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (OSOPADEC) but the residents tried their best to douse the fire.
