A family of six perished in an
early morning inferno yesterday in Port Harcourt. Nobody could say what caused
the fire but neighbors of the deceased family members told Sunday Vanguard that
the fire started at about 2pm. According to the landlord of the house, located
at number 17, New Estate Road, Railway Quarters, they heard was a loud
explosion. What followed next, he stated, were balls of fire. The
residents claimed they ran out of their apartments in the confusion, adding
that the explosion came from the apartment of the deceased family members.
They said three boys, a girl and
their parents were those consumed in the fire. They put the ages of the
children at twenty two, seventeen, nine and seven years. According to a source,
two other daughters of the deceased parents were not at home when the incident
occurred. It was gathered that the two other children relocated from home
to write the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination,
WASSCE. Neighbors said the father was a taxi driver while the wife was a
petty trader.
At press time, there was wailing in the compound. The
landlord, who did not want his name in print, could not hold back tears, saying
he wished lives were not lost in the fire. “If the fire had only consumed
the building leaving the lives, we would all have been consoled. But losing a
family of six is a heavy loss”, he lamented. Rivers State Police Public
Relations Officer, DSP Angela Agabe, who confirmed the incident, said she
was still awaiting details.
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