Two people were confirmed dead while a nursing mother and her baby were
seriously injured during a fire incident which razed a building on
Sunday in Ekpene Ukim, Uruan Local Government Area. The fire which
reportedly started at about 1:am on that faithful day and lasted for
some hour, destroyed properties worth millions of Naira.
“We woke up at about 1:am when we heard a voice shouting fireooo,
fireooo, fireooo…, and immediately, we notice the flame of fire in the
compound. So, when we get there, the fire had already taken over the
entire building. Effort to quench prove abortive as the fire has already
surrounded the building.” an eyewitness said.
The two victims who lost their lives during incident were tenants in the
compound and were all from Ikot Akpanike in Nsit Atai Local Government
Area. Further reports also revealed that the nursing mother and the baby
who narrowly escaped dead were the wife and child of one of the
deceased. A source said that the owner of the house whom he identified
as Enoch Umoh died about two weeks before incident took place.
Source: Akata Akwa Ibom
