Another Fire Outbreak in Portharcourt

Another fire outbreak has razed Properties worth millions of naira at 13 Canaan Avenue Umuebule 4, Igbo Etche, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

This is coming hours after a similar fire outbreak rendered many people homeless in Dline area of the city earlier the same day.

THE WHISTLER gathered from residents that the fire started from one of the apartments, where the victim failed to unplug a wall socket.

Although no casualty was recorded in the fire outbreak, which started late midnight Tuesday in Portharcourt, residents of the area said they lost valuables.

Mr. Ifeanyi Nnachi, a native of Afikpo in Ebonyi State, said he lost all his belongings to the fire.

“It was my wife that called me that our building was on fire and she was not certain where it emanated from. Unknowing to her it was our apartment that it started from,” he narrated.

Ike Daniel, a neighbor who was affected, also appealed to the Rivers State Government and philanthropists to come to their aid as they had lost everything to the fire.

“At the moment, we don’t know where to start from or run to at the moment as all of us here have been rendered homeless as a result of this incident. Nobody here has where to stay any more,” he said.

The Chairman of the estate, Sir Francis Ude, also called on the state governor to assist the victims of the fire outbreak.