No fewer than 10 buildings were yesterday afternoon, razed in Rumumasi in Obio/Akpor Local Area of Rivers State, destroying property worth millions of naira.
Mostly affected by the fire outbreak were locked-up stores and a few residential houses.
However, no casualty was recorded. The incident, which occurred at about 2 pm left scores of residents homeless and in pains.
Daily Sun gathered that the explosion started as a small fire, which residents used fire extinguishers to quench, until a cooking gas cylinder in one of the residential apartments, exploded and spread fire all over the place.
Some of the eye-witnesses said they could not get reasonable things out from the raging fire.
They explained that the victims of the fire were mostly people, who had already travelled for Christmas celebration.
They, however, called on the Rivers State Government to assist them, as they no longer have anything to go with.
What a painful tragedy!
Fire in Lagos, fire in Benin and then fire in Rumumasi. In Lagos it affected lock-up stores and in Rivers similar incidents. I think there is something we are not doing right. I suspect arsons in the lock-up stores while in Benin, it was an accident. The police should do a proper investigation to avoid a re-occurence
I agree with Rhema
God help the people of Rumumasi. I attended St. Michael’s Secondary School in Rumumasi.
What a hell is happening in Nigeria?
eeyah i am sorry 4 these tragedies alist very one hav 2 switch off al electrical item nd put flamable tin in a save place 2 avoid such disaster so sorry pple
NIGERIA, IS WITNESSING ANOTHER DISASTER THIS DAYS IN THE NAME OF FIRE OUTBREAK. WHAT IS REALLY WRONG? THE FIRE DISASTER HAS GONE AS FAR AS OBASANJO’S HOUSE. BOKO HARAM IS REDUCING AND FIRE OUTBREAK IN EMERGING. MAY GOD SAVE US ALLOO
Fire all over Nigeria. I guess some evil and pyromaniac spirits are on rampage
There should be an ‘arson’ investigation on all these areas.AGWU