Fire raze Bauchi water board, kills two

Fire raze Bauchi water board, kills two

Bauchi-Two persons, including a wielder and a staff of the water board were on Tuesday killed by an inferno at Misau local government area ofBauchi state.
It was gathered that the inferno which razed a section of the state water board building, happened when a wielder was mending a licking oil tank.
An eye witness who pleaded anonymity, said the welder and a staff of the water board died instantly as a result of the sudden explosion that burnt their bodies while the other people sustained serious injuries.
He said the victims were later conveyed to the Federal Medical Centre Azare and later referred to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital Bauchi following the gravity of the injuries they sustained.
Another resident of Misau Yerima Abdu, said whenever there is a fire outbreak in the area, it often gets out of control because fire service vehicles have to come all the way from Azare, to stop the fire.
Abdu further enjoined that the state government should help them by establishing a fire station in Misau local government to minimize the occurrences of fire incidence ”
He called on the people of the area to always be cautious while operating their electrical appliances in order to avert a re-occurrence of the incidence .