Woman injured in kerosene explosion

WARRI— A mother of six, Mrs. Bread Bear, was
burnt in a kerosene explosion in her home at
Sandfil village, 2 Warri Overside, Warri South-
West Local Government Area, Delta State,
Wednesday night.
Vanguard gathered that Mrs. Bear, an indigene
of Kalafiogbene in Bomadi Local Government
Area of the state was burnt beyond
recognition.
A Niger Delta activist, Alhaji Yusuf Eregebene,
who confirmed the incident, said the victim
had been responsible for her husband who had
been bedridden for the past 15 years.
He said: “The source of the bad kerosene that
exploded, as she tried to light a lantern at
about 8.30 pm on Wednesday, was not
known.”
According to him, “her children and other 18
persons were in the rooms in the building with
four provision stores with goods worth
millions of naira, which were all destroyed by
fire.”
Alhaji Eregbene appealed to the state governor,
Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, Delta State
Emergency Management Agency and well-
meaning individuals to come to the aid of the
poor family, as clothes and feeding have
become a problem.
A villager said, “Mrs. Bear is the person that
was burnt in the incident. However, others lost
their properties and it was sympathetic
neighbours that rushed her to local clinic in
Obotebe town in Burutu local government
area.”