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On Saturday, more than 300 people lost their homes in Yenagoa after the fire destroyed the neighborhood in Ekeki, suburb of Bayelsa.
Hell, which happened around 2am, has also devastated the treasures of millions of naira. The cause of the fire has not been established.
Residents of the affected area behind the Ekeki police station said that among others, they lost items such as generators, televisions, fabrics, large series and phones.
However, no life was lost in the fire mishap.
One of the residents, who gave his name simply as Nicholas, suspected that the fire might have been caused by a candle as there was no electricity supply when the incident occurred.
He said that firemen who arrived at the scene in three vehicles stopped the fire from spreading to the Ekeki Police Station.
“It happened this morning, some minutes to 2 AM. We have not slept since then till now. Three fire-fighting vehicles came and stopped the fire. If not it could have entered the police station. We don’t know what caused the fire. Whether it was candle light, we don’t know. But it started with a little smoke coming out from someone’s house and a woman saw it, but she did not tell anybody. We are over 300 people living here: families, husbands and wives and their children, we are over 300 here. One woman lost N300,000 that some persons kept in her custody. Her husband’s money was N120,000. Everything got burnt, one kobo is not remaining,’’ Nicholas said.
He appealed to the Bayelsa government and well-meaning organisations and individuals to come to their aid as they could not salvage their valuables.
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This is a sad news to hear about I pray that the government compensate them with money
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