A 26-year-old mom and her two children have died in a fire disaster that occurred at their home in Sabon Gida in Yelwa, Bauchi State.
It was gathered that the incident occurred on Monday night when the deceased’s husband was refuelling his generator.
According to a source, the fuel poured on the ground and flowed to his kitchen immediately the fire started.
The man, one Umar Tukur, escaped death but with serious burns in parts of his body while his wife and two children, one and four-year-olds, were burnt to death.
“The man was refuelling his generator, although it was off but the fire started when part of the fuel from the gallon poured on the ground and flowed down to the kitchen where his wife was cooking at that time and immediately, the fire was ignited.
“He was the first to be burnt by the fire. He then threw away the gallon of fuel he was holding and the fire increased.
“The generator was engulfed in the fire and it burnt and also caught his motorcycle that was parked in front of the apartment of the wife who died with her children. The motorcycle was burnt down completely.
“His wife who had gone into the house to picked something could not come out with her two children because they trapped inside since the fire started from outside and it was much.
“That was how he held her two children together in her arms and they were roasted in the fire.”
The source added that the man, whose name he gave as Umar, sustained burns from his waist down to his feet and part of his hands.
“His second wife managed to escaped with her only child, it was his first wife who died in the fire,” he stated.
He said that nothing was brought out from the house as all their properties were completely burnt.
According to the source, Umar didn’t know that his wife and children were burnt to death because he was unconscious since the incident happened, “it was yesterday in the morning that he regained consciousness that he heard about it. In fact, when he opened his eyes, the first thing he said was “where are my children?” And later on, he was told about it.”
He said that the wife and two children were buried according to Islamic rites on Tuesday morning.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Kamal Abubakar, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, confirmed the incident to our Correspondent.
He said:
“Yes, it is true, there was a fire outbreak at Sabon Gida in Yelwa, on Monday, 30th March, 2020 at about 8pm. A Police Patrol Team and men of the Fire Service were called and they made efforts to put out the fire.
“The victims of the fire were evacuated to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi for medical attention.
“Later, three of the victims died from the injuries they sustained in the fire. The deceased are a mother, one Zainab Umar, a 26 year old and her two children, a male and female.
“The male is four years old while the female is one year old.”
He also confirmed that “the fire was caused by a generator and the man whose is Umar Tukur, is still in the hospital receiving medical care.”
