Three children identified as Chiemerie Nwafor,
Onyedika Nwafor and Esther Nwafor have been burnt beyond recognition in a shop
owned by their mother, Mrs. Blessing Nwafor, in Onitsha, Anambra State.
It was gathered that Mrs. Nwafor left the children
in a container, which she uses as shop in Awada area of Onitsha, when the
mysterious fire suddenly started, and burnt the three children.
The children, two boys and a girl, were aged five,
four and three years respectively.
The spokesperson of Anambra State Police Command,
SP Haruna Mohammed, confirmed the incident, saying the fire started at about
2:15p.m. on Thursday.
He said: "Today 10/1/2019 at about 2:15 p.m.
two short containers used as shop and apartment along High Tension School Road,
Ugwuagba-Obosi in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State was gutted by fire.
"Consequently, the owner of affected
containers one Blessing Nwafor 'f' who was not around at the time of incident
reportedly left three of her Children namely Chimierie Nwafor 'm' aged 5yrs,
Onyedika Nwafor 'm' aged 4yrs and Esther Nwafor 'f' aged 3yrs inside the
Container and they were all burnt beyond recognition."
Haruna said Police Patrol team attached to Awada
Division led by the DPO CSP Tony Adeyi rushed to the scene, cordon off the area
and removed the charred remains of the victims to Bex Hospital's mortuary for
autopsy after they were certified Dead by a medical Doctor.
He said the cause of the fire was not yet known, but
said the police has launched investigation into the matter to ascertain
circumstances surrounding the incident.
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