Couple, daughter die in Kaduna fire incident

A Couple and their daughter have been killed in a fire that engulfed a residence in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Council of Kaduna State.
Neighbours said smoke was seen billowing from the house at about 11:00p.m, on Tuesday night and they could not do anything to help, as the victims were screaming,while fire fighters were not close by.

A co-tenant, Maikano Abdullahi, told The Guardian that he lost his property to the fire.

According to him, efforts by good Samaritans to rescue the family were unsuccessful. He said: “I woke up when I heard my wife shouting for help, as fire gutted Zainab’s room, next to ours.

“When my wife was shouting for help as fire gutted Zainab’s room, which is next to our room, we all woke up.

“It was terrible. We tried our best to break the door, but couldn’t enter because the door was locked. Sadly, Abdurrahman Abdullahi, who we fondly called Danjummai, Zainab Nuhu, his wife and Husna, the little daughter, all died in the fire.

“We couldn’t do anything to help. The wife was screaming for help, we couldn’t do anything, it was sad.” The authorities are yet to react at press time.