TOO BAD-Unilag students die in hotel fireplace

students of the college of lagos (unilag) have died in a nighttime fireplace at a lagos lodge.
roli odogwu, a 200-level mass communique scholar, and linda elegeonye, a 300-level law student, died of burns, days once they have been trapped within the lodge room where they were guests.
till their loss of life, the 2 students had been residents of fagunwa hall.
campuslife accrued that the duo left the campus on monday to attend an night event off-campus. when it dawned on them that they couldn't return to the campus late within the night, they reportedly lodged in the hotel to pass the night time.

the past due roli’s friend, who did no longer need to be named, stated she spoke to her mom to tell her of her choice to skip the night in the resort.
it was amassed that the sufferers were asleep whilst the inferno started out from a faulty air conditioner. campuslife learnt that the victims have been trapped for numerous mins before they have been rescued from the room. they sustained first-diploma burns. they have been rushed to gbagada fashionable medical institution.
final saturday, roli died at 4am and turned into buried at atan cemetery in yaba. on sunday, information broke that linda, who were in coma for 6 days, had also died.
a pal, who pleaded for anonymity, stated she was informed approximately the incident by a policeman who picked up the overdue roli’s name on tuesday.
she said:
“the policeman instructed me that the owner of the telephone (roli) and her pal had been worried in a hearth coincidence and they had been unconscious. i used to be informed they had been moved to trauma and burns unit of the gbagada popular clinic. i knowledgeable other buddies and we went to the health facility. while we were given there, we had been no longer allowed to look them straight away. 3 hours after, we have been allowed in with their parents and different circle of relatives participants.
“roli turned into conscious and responding to treatment, however linda changed into still in a coma. the burns were extreme and we hoped each may want to make it. we are deeply hurt through their dying.”