There was grieve at Rumuagholu area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State as a two-year-old-boy was reportedly burnt to death in a midnight fire that razed over 30 makeshift buildings in the community.
It was gathered that the fire outbreak, which happened around 1am on Monday, started in one of the rooms in a makeshift building around the Y-junction area of Rumuagholu.
The little boy was said to have been burnt to death while sleeping with two other siblings.
Their father, a Man-O-War personnel serving as a private security guard, allegedly went to work when the incident occurred.
Report had it that the elder brother to the deceased jumped out of the abode through the window immediately he was jolted from his sleep.
A source was quoted as saying, “A two-year-old boy died in the fire incident. He was sleeping in the room with his elder siblings when the fire started.
“The fire got to their house and there was nobody to help them. People thought that their mother was around not knowing that she was not sleeping with them.
“The eldest child, who is about seven years, jumped out of the room through the window because their mother locked the door outside while she was leaving the house late at night.
“When the eldest jumped out, the other son, who is about five years, tried to jump and the one that was already outside held his hand and pulled him out. There was no way for them to go back to help the two-year-old boy.”
