Fire razes five shops in Ebonyi, four-year-old dies, four hospitalized

Tragedy struck astatine Onuebonyi Junction successful Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, arsenic a devastating occurrence outbreak claimed the beingness of a four-year-old boy, identified arsenic Osinachi, and near 4 others hospitalized.

The incident, which occurred successful an Abakaliki suburb, was reportedly triggered by a cooking state detonation successful 1 of the shops astatine the engaged junction.

An eyewitness, Mr Oku Chinagorom, told DAILY POST connected Thursday that the occurrence started erstwhile a state cylinder exploded and dispersed rapidly to adjacent goods wrong the shop.

According to him, the store owner, popularly known arsenic Mama Osi, was successful the store portion her hubby had traveled to their Okposi colony a time earlier the incidental occurred.

However, successful an effort to rescue her 4 children who were wrong astatine the time, she sustained terrible burns successful the process.

Tragically, 1 of the children who died successful the inferno was burnt beyo...