Tears, Mourning in Abuja as Family of 3 Die in Wild Fire Outbreak
- A family of three have died in a fire outbreak that engulfed their home in the Gwagwa area of the Federal Capital Territory
- The head of the house, Suleiman Ahmed died alongside his wife and only child in the fire outbreak which occurred on Thursday, December 22
- According to residents, their home of Ahmed was padlocked and they could not gain access to rescue the victims of the fire outbreak
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Tragedy hit Gwagwa town of the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria following a fire outbreak which engulfed the home of a family of three.
Daily Trust reports that the family of three lost their lives on Thursday, December 22, after the fire was caused by a power outage in the area located around Slaughter Site, Gwagwa.
Source: UGC
A neighbour to the deceased, Abubakar Abdullahi, while confirming the incident said that the fire started at about 4 am on Thursday, December 22.
Abdullahi said the fire killed a man who he simply identified as Sulaiman Tela, his wife and their only son.
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According to Abdullahi, the trio were burnt to death in the incident as all efforts by residents and neighbours alike to rescue the victims were futile.
He state that some good samaritans who were ready to salvage the situation could not gain entrance into the house - a bungalow - because the main entrance to Tela's residence was locked with a padlock.
His words:
“We later located the remains of the mother and her son, who was not up to two years, in the living room, while that of the father was found behind their sitting room."
Another resident of the Gwagwa community who spoke on the incident, Usman Ahmed, said most of the community members in the area locked their compounds with padlocks from within.
Ahmed said this is the case because of incessant attacks by robbers on the community.
In addition, the chief imam of Gwagwa, Malam Kasim Shuaib, said the remains of the three, were buried in the town’s cemetery in accordance with Islamic rites.
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