The Director General of the Bauchi State Environmental Protection Agency (BASEPA), Dr Ibrahim Kabir, on Friday, joined other government officials on an
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January 14, 2021
A mother and her two children have been burnt to death in a fire disaster that occurred in Riban Garmu village, Dewu Ward in Kirfi Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
Four others also sustained varying degrees of injuries.
An eyewitness who refused to give his name said that the fire was suspected to be as a result of an electrical fault in the house which burnt it down.
He said, “We suspect that there was a spark in the night while people were asleep and that might have caused the fire which burnt the four-bedroom house completely.
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A mother and her two children have been burnt to death while four other people got various degrees of injuries as a result of a fire that occurred in Riban Garmu village, Dewu Ward in Kirfi Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
An eyewitness account revealed that they suspected the fire was as a result of electricity problem because there was a spark in the night when people were sleeping and the fire burnt the four-bedroom house completely leaving four people with injuries and were admitted at Kirfi General Hospital receiving treatment.
He said the fire started when the deceased and her two children were sleeping in the night and all efforts to force the door of their room opened failed though they were crying and screaming for help which did not come till the fire consumed them.