6-year-old burnt to death in Lagos fire

A six-year-old boy was burnt to death in a fire that engulfed a
building in Iyana-Ifako area of Gbagada Lagos, Tuesday
night.
The deceased, identified simply as Abbey, was said to have
been sleeping when the incident occurred.
Two of his elder brothers were said to have been rescued by
sympathisers. The fire affected 10 rooms in the building
located at 3, Ogunde Street, off Somori, Iyana-Ifako.
The cause of the fire, said to have started at 9p.m., could not
be ascertained.
While occupants of the buildings scampered from their
respective apartments for safety, eyewitnesses said shouts for
help from some children in one of the rooms were heard.
Some of the sympathisers said to have gone for rescue
mission, discovered that the door was locked.
One of the eyewitnesses said: "Their parents locked them
inside and went out. Nobody knew where they went to. The
door was forced opened and two of them rescued, though one
of them was slightly burnt.
"It was while they got outside that the rescued children said
their brother was still inside. By then the fire had engulfed the
whole building and nobody could go in again."
The Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Mr. Rasaq Fadipe,
said fire trucks from Ilupeju and Ikeja responded to the
distress call. He said the charred remains of the six-year-old
boy was recovered .