A tenant has been reported dead after
he was burnt to death yesterday..
According to reports, a landlord’s son was injured during a
morning inferno, which gutted a house at the Somolu area of
Lagos State.
The fire, which ravaged a storey-building, started about 1a.m.
from the first floor, where the landlord’s son’s apartment is
located.
The landlord’s son, Abiola, was said to have lit a candle and
fell asleep. Unfortunately, the candle fell on the rug in his
apartment.
The rug caught fire which spread to other apartments.
The tenant, identified simply as Al-Wajud, was said to be drunk
before going to bed and thus, was deep in his sleep when the
fire started. He died before he could be rushed to the hospital.
The incident, which happened at House 4, Akinrinlo Street, threw
occupants and members of the community into mourning.
One of the victims, who identified
himself simply as Adebolawe, said;
“We were sleeping about
1a.m. when we heard a loud
sound from the roof of the
building. “Immediately we
heard the sound, every
tenant in the house rushed
out only to see flame on the
roof of the building.
We started running around,
looking for water to put out
the fire. While we were
looking for water, my wife
was struggling to rescue the
children and to savage some
of our property.
Unfortunately we couldn’t
bring out anything.
Fire consumed everything.”
Another Victim Mr. Akeem Ismaila, said;
The fire destroyed all I have
laboured for in life. It was a
terrible situation; right now,
I don’t know where to start
from.
Even my wife’s money, which
she was supposed to use to
stock her shop, was burnt to
ashes. My children wouldn’t
be able to go to school as
their uniform and school
materials were all burnt.
“Government should come to
our aid. This is not the first
time the building would go up
in flames; two years ago, the
building caught fire but was
later rebuilt.
This is another fire.”
Firefighters were said to have arrived the scene about 3a.m.,
after the fire had burnt down the whole building.
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