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Family of eight die in Kaduna house fire

A family of eight, including a couple and their six children, have tragically died in a house fire that broke out in the Sabon gari area of ...

Chima Joseph Ugo
Chima Joseph Ugo - Editor-in-chief February 24, 2023
Updated February 24, 2023 at 10:54 AM
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Family of eight die in Kaduna house fire
A family of eight, including a couple and their six children, have tragically died in a house fire that broke out in the Sabon gari area of Zaria, Kaduna State. 

The fire occurred at around 2am on Thursday, and the family was asleep when the fire broke out, trapping them inside. 

Neighbours attempted to put out the fire but were unsuccessful in saving the family. The cause of the fire is unknown.

Mallam Junaidu Mohammed, a neighbour, said that the fire was so intense that it woke everyone in the area, and the heat and noise alerted them to the incident. 

Efforts to rescue the family were unsuccessful, and firefighters did not arrive at the scene until after the victims had been buried.

The elder brother of the head of the family, Adamu Mohammed, known as Ado Kamfani, identified the victims as Mallam Rabi’u Mohammed, his wife, Fatima, and their six children. 

The children's names were Rabiatu, Ibrahim, Abubakar, Hauwa’u, Hindatu, and Baby Umar, who was just 34 days old. The cause of the fire remains unclear, but the entire house was destroyed, and all of the family's belongings were lost.

The victims were buried according to Islamic rites, and officials at the Fire Service declined to comment on the incident or provide a statement to the press. 

The tragedy has left the community in shock and mourning, with many expressing condolences to the family and urging authorities to investigate the cause of the fire to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.

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