By Austin Ogwuda
FOUR children narrowly escaped death as fire gutted a-storey building they were living in with their mother, who was away to the market.
The incident occurred at the Obi Onuorah Crescent behind Konwea Plaza in Asaba, the Delta State capital, Nigeria.
The cause of the fire incident which occurred Thursday night was yet to be ascertained.
Narrating the story, a widow and mother of four children, Mrs Gloria Sado while weeping profusely said, “I came back from market on Thursday night around 9pm and saw the house on fire.
Fire Service people came but without water to quench the fire and their entire property was burnt to ashes”.
Collaborating the story, a neighbour one Mr Simon Amalimen and a father of two said, “we heard people calling for help shouting as I noticed that the fire was coming out from my neighbour’s apartment.
People quickly went in to rescue the children from their apartment, otherwise it could have been a different sad story”, he stated.
Simon said that the Fire Service fire truck was coming and going because of lack of water and before their arrival on the third time, two apartments and property have been burnt.
Occupants of the building are presently homeless; sympathizers were the ones who went out to buy them some clothes to put on.
*Source: News tribe Communications
