Fire kills two in Yenagoa
The first fire outbreak in 2011 in Bayelsa State on Monday night claimed two minors, aged between two and seven years.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that the fire, which started at about 8.30 p.m., also destroyed
property worth millions of naira in Amarata, a suburb of Yenagoa.
An eye witness said the fire started when a boy threw fireworks near a kerosene tank in a make-shift building.
The parents of the children who are
indigenes of Delta State, were said to have wept uncontrollably as they
watched their children burnt to death.
The eye witness said extensive damage had already been done before the arrival of men of the state fire service.
It was however noticed that the lack of access roads which usually
prevent fire fighting trucks from getting to the scene of fire
outbreaks is a major challenge to efficient serve delivery by fire
fighters in the state.
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