ABS Staff Lillian Egburuche, Others Count Losses As Fire Razes House At Umudioka Awka

It was tears, pain and sorrow for the LandLord and Tenants of number eight Amangwu Lane, Opposite White House, Umudioka Awka, as fierce fire consumed the entire building of fifteen rooms and two parlours.

Speaking with newsmen who arrived at the scene of the fire incident, the visibly shaken Land Lord of the building, Mr. Ikechukwu Umeh, who spoke in a tears-laden voice, revealed that the unfortunate fire incident started in the early hours of Christmas eve and consumed the whole building.

Mr. Ikechukwu said that he was already out for Yuletide business when he started getting calls that his house was on fire and in disbelief saw his house which was his entire life sweat on fire as all of his valuable property and that of his tenants were damaged beyond redemption.

He further explained that a tenant, who left his young kids alone in the house, ignited the fire when they were playing with match sticks and lighted clothes in their room, which quickly spread and consumed the entire building and valuables worth about thirty million naira and that he has been having High Blood Pressure since the incident.

A tenant in one of the blocks of the building, Mrs. Chinyere Egburuche remarked that she was indoors watching a movie when her restless child forced her outside for a bath when she discovered the fire and raised an alarm.

She lamented that she could not salvage anything, as every one of her valuables, including work tools and documents were destroyed.

Miss Lillian Egburuche, who could not hold back emotion and tears, painfully narrated how she had lost everything to the fire, just a day after she had lost her goods at Onitsha in the hands of thieves, and lamented that she is now helpless.

The father of the four kids who were said to have ignited the fire, Mr. Obinna Woti said he was not home when the incident happened and expressed devastation over the incident as another tenant, Mrs. Eunice Uchenna said that they lost everything, including money and items bought for Christmas to the fire in a house they haven’t stayed up to three months.

Miss Lillian Egburuche,can be reached on 08137762350.