According to
reports, the woman lived with her hubby and his other wife, Fati, inside the
building. In the night, an intense fire engulfed the building, burning her and
her children to death while the second wife and her two children suffered
serious burns.
A neighbor who spoke
on the incident, said the husband of both women usually stayed in Abuja where
he worked and returned home most weekends. The neighbor said at about 11pm, the
women cried for help after they noticed the intense fire in their home. The men
of the fire service responded to the distress call made to them but were
seriously hindered by the jammed doors and window burglaries in the home. The
cause of the fire is yet unknown.
“We tried as much as
we could but we couldn’t get inside. With the help of the fire service, we
rescued the second wife through the window and she was wounded and had some
burns. When we were able to get inside as men of the fire service tried their
best to rescue the second wife and her children but before we could get inside
their room, they were already burnt.” a neighbor said
One of the men of
the fire service said
“There were four
casualties and the cause of the fire is not known. The people here say their
transformer has been spoilt and they said the people in the house did not put
on the generator that night. Everything in the house was burnt down, nothing
could be salvaged. It is very unfortunate. We are awaiting the arrival of our
Controller to come and access the house.”
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