Monday, December 22, 2025 - A fire disaster, caused by a candlelight, has rendered an Abia couple, Mr and Mrs Godwin Nwosu, and their four children homeless in Agbama Housing Estate, Umuahia.
The inferno started when the four children had slept off,
while using the candle to read their books.
In their calls for help, the Couple, Mr and Mrs Nwosu said
they lost all their belongings to the fire, regretting that nothing was
salvaged.
Mrs Nwosu, who spoke in tears, explained that the candle was
lit by the children for reading before they slept off, saying that they (the
couple) were not at home when the fire started.
She explained that she had bought the candle to enable her
read her books in preparation for her NCE examinations, following some days of
electricity outage in the Agbama area.
Also the husband, Mr. Godwin Nwosu, a tricycle operator in
Umuahia, lamented that the inferno destroyed everything the family laboured for
throughout the year 2025, leaving them with nothing but ashes.
“I am now homeless with my family. The fire razed the entire
house. We could not salvage anything because my wife and I were not at home
when it happened,” he said.
While thanking God that their four children did not die in
the fire, the Abia couple appealed for temporary accommodation and financial
support from the Abia public.
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