Five People Escape Death As Fire Razes Four-room Apartment In Awka
Post created on January 20, 2023
ENGLISH AND IGBO NEWS
Five people from different families, in the early hours of yesterday, escaped being burnt to death, as fire suspected to have emanated from electrical fault razed a four-room apartment at Araba Street Awka, the Anambra State capital.
The incident, which started around 2am in the morning, was suspected to have emanated from a spark from electrical connections in one of the rooms of the apartment.
Narrating the incident, an eyewitness and tenant at the Ikechukwu Anakor’s compound, Mr. Ahmed Abubakar Idris; from Kogi State, said that he started hearing explosion in the early hours of the day while he was still asleep, adding that aside his mobile phone, his certificates, laptop and a sophisticated (DI) machine were destroyed in the incident that defied individual efforts to extinguish it.
Mr. Agozie Anakor explained that gas cylinders in the room of the incident started helped escalate it. They solicited help from public-spirited individuals to help reduce attendant hardships, as properties worth millions of naira were destroyed before help could come.
Mmadụ ise sitere na ezinaụlọ dị iche iche, n’isi ụtụtụ ụnyahụ, gbanarị ka ha gbanwuo, ka ọkụ a na-enyo enyo na ọ bụ ọkụ eletrik gbara ụlọ nwere ọnụ ụlọ anọ dị na Araba Street Awka, isi obodo Anambra steeti.
A na-enyo enyo na ihe a mere n’ihe dị ka elekere abụọ nke ụtụtụ malitere na ọ bụ ọkụ si na njikọ eletrik dị n’otu ọnụ ụlọ nke ụlọ ahụ.
N’ịkọpụta ihe merenụ, onye hụrụ ihe mere na onye bi n’ogige Ikechukwu Anakor bụ Maazị Ahmed Abubakar Idris; si Kogi steeti, kwuru na ọ malitere ịnụ mgbawa n’isi ụtụtụ ka ọ ka nọ n’ụra, gbakwụnyere na ewezuga ekwentị ya, asambodo ya, laptọọpụ na igwe ọkaibe (DI) mebiri n’ihe ahụ mere nke megidere mbọ onye ọ bụla. imenyụ ya.
Mazị Agozie Anakor kọwara na mmanụ ọkụ gas dị n’ime ụlọ ihe ahụ mere bidoro nyere aka wulite ya. Ha rịọrọ enyemaka n’aka ndị na-ahụ maka ọha na eze ka ha nyere aka belata ihe isi ike ndị ọbịa, n’ihi na e bibiri ihe onwunwe ruru nde naịra tupu enyemaka abịa.
