Mother, 3 Children Die In Lagos Fire

 

This is so sad. What is the struggles of life for? Vanity indeed. Tragedy struck on Thursday in Surulere area of Lagos when fire gutted a set of shops, killing mother, three children and destroyed properties, goods worth millions of Naira.

 It was learnt that the tragic incident occurred at about 2:38 am at B23 Ogunleye Street off Adekunle Kuye Street, Kilo Bus Stop Surulere and left the residents in the mourning mood.

The mother was identified as Hope, and the three children: Female- Chukwuka,  9, Male- Nonso 7, and Male- Ugochukwu,6, while the father was identified as Ignatius. The family was said to have been residing in one of the shops used for laundry services.

While the woman and the children died on the spot, Ignatius, who sustained first degree burns, died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.

Witnesses said they were caught in the fire while sleeping in one of the shops affected by the fire.

Confirming incident, the General Manager of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, (LASEMA), Mr. Tiamiyu Adesina, said the agency’s emergency response team received a distress call via the emergency number and swung into action. Whether their action was timely? Well you know better.

Although the immediate cause of the inferno could not be ascertained, it was said that the sound of explosion was heard from the family’s shop shortly after electricity was restored in the area.