A mother of six, Mrs. Bread Bear,
was burnt in a kerosene explosion in her home at Sandfil village, 2 Warri
Overside, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, Wednesday night.
Newsmen gathered that Mrs. Bear, an indigene
of Kalafiogbene in Bomadi Local Government Area of the state was burnt beyond
recognition.A Niger Delta activist, Alhaji Yusuf Eregebene, who confirmed the
incident, said the victim had been responsible for her husband who had been
bedridden for the past 15 years.He said: “The source of the bad kerosene that
exploded, as she tried to light a lantern at about 8.30 pm on Wednesday, was
not known.”
According to him, “her children and other
18 persons were in the rooms in the building with four provision stores with
goods worth millions of naira, which were all destroyed by fire.”Alhaji
Eregbene appealed to the state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, Delta State
Emergency Management Agency and well-meaning individuals to come to the aid of
the poor family, as clothes and feeding have become a problem.A villager said,
“Mrs. Bear is the person that was burnt in the incident. However, others lost
their properties and it was sympathetic neighbours that rushed her to local
clinic in Obotebe town in Burutu local government area.”
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