Woman injured in kerosene explosion

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.”