A residential building was razed by fire in the early hours of Saturday on Arietalin Street, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital.
The cause of the inferno could not be immediately ascertained but sources alleged kerosene explosion triggered the fire.
A resident in the area, who gave his name only as Peretu, said a kerosene stove exploded and ignited the fire.
Peretu said, “We just saw fire coming
from the kitchen of one of the houses. Maybe one of the people living in
the house abandoned his cooking and went out.
“Before we knew what was happening, the
fire was all over the place and we decided to call the state fire
fighters. Household items and documents were burnt. We couldn’t get a
thing from the house.
Another victim, whose apartment was gutted by the fire, said she was not aware of the cause of the fire.
The victim who identified himself as
Frankie said,”I actually don’t know the cause of the fire because I just
got back from night duty.
“I was busy writing something when all
of a sudden, my wife called me that there was fire at my next door
neighbour’s apartment. When I ran out, there was smoke inside the room
and there was nobody there.
“The fire gutted my apartment and burnt
all my documents; school certificates, my clothes. I didn’t recover
anything from the fire.”
Fire fighters from the Bayelsa State
Fire Service intervened to stop the fire from spreading to other
buildings in the congested neighbourhood.
The fire fighters successfully brought the fire under control but after it had razed the building.
One of the fire fighters, High Superintendent Jonathan said the cause of the fire had not been ascertained.
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