Five children have been killed in a fire outbreak in Mpape community in Bwari area council of the federal capital territory.

According to an eyewitness, Mr Umaru Abubakar, the fire incident which took place over the weekend was as a result of power interruption by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company which caused sparks on electric cables.

Mr Abubakar explained that the spark was ignited by fuel on a nearby generating set. He added that the children could not be saved because of the high intensity of the fire.

A survivor and the eldest of the deceased children, Adamu said lack of water in the vicinity was a major challenge to the attempt at stopping the fire and saving the children.

“It was a very emotional moment, I can recall. You can imagine in an area like this, you can’t find even a single drop of water when you needed it most.”

He said.

Also reacting, the district head of Mpape, Alhaji Abubakar Gimba called on power distribution companies to be cautious of power interruption.

Alhaji Gimba also advised residents to be careful with the use of electrical appliances.

“We rushed to see how we might be able to quench the fire, but before we could quench the fire the whole five children were already dead.”

He said in broken English.

He blamed the disaster on power distribution companies who are fond of interrupting power supply every now and then, and who won’t supply adequate power for people to stop depending on power generating sets.

https://ezeja.com/news/2017/04/04/five-children-burnt-death-abuja-fire-outbreak/

Scrap the fire brigade it a waste of time and money. RIP

Sorrowful

Lord have mercy..

May our good God accept their innocent souls in Jesus name, Amen

Buhari why?

So NEPA has started murdering Nigerians wen de didn't even giv us light.
RIP innocent children

Atiku2019:

Atiku can never rule this country
Better return that money and use ur sense

ggg

Beautiful kids...may their lovely soul rest in peace..

That's so sad

may the children RIP

Five children died like that.

Are you kidding me how on earth is it AEDC fault it might have been due to so many illegal and wrong connections .. May their soul rest in peace ....

Imagine the kind of pain the parent are feeling right now.

RIP

Inalillahi Wainah'llehi Rojiun'nah

Jeeez! Horrible!!

What about their parents!?

Rip.

We should be able to sue Nepa for loss of life and property

Sad.

RIP innocent souls.

"Mr Abubakar explained that the spark was ignited by fuel on a nearby generating set". I get bemused when i read stories like this. How did people got to know that it was a spark that caused the fire.

"Mr Abubakar explained that the spark was ignited by fuel on a nearby generating set"

How can u place fuel on a generating set?? Was the generating set still running at the moment power came on?

For a spark to ignite a fuel, it must be very close to the fuel and left uncovered.
Or the fuel must have been in an enclosed area and left there for a long time for the fume to spread and ignite through the spark.

If all this are not present at the scene, then it must have been a fault coming from the survivor cos the story simply do not add up.
God knows best.

A case like this happened very close to my place.The father lit the stove and set the pot on fire before locking his two kids inside the house so as to quickly get what to eat in the next street.Unfortunately,there is a generator inside the room.It got exploded and the two kids got burnt before help could reach them.If what to eat is inside the house,this wouldnt have occured







RIP to the kids

Fire service in Abuja is a waste of resources. Everywhere you go, you see the officials roaming the streets but when u need them, they are nowhere to be found.