THREE Kambuzuma families were devastated yesterday after
their house was gutted down by fire causing the death of a grade two child.
The recently renovated number 313 section 2 in Kambuzuma
house was completely destroyed in what is believed to be an electrical fault
when power was restored around 11pm.
The fire broke out at around 1am and neighbours said they
were woken up by screams of the minor child as she was trying to find a way out
while others were woken up by explosions.
The fire brigade arrived close to thirty minutes when the
fire had already destroyed the house but they managed to rescue another minor
child that had been trapped in the fire for thirty minutes in the raging fire.
The child sustained severe injuries on her legs and was
attended to by medical officials.
The children belong to one of the tenants and had been left
in the company of the maid as their mother had travelled to Zambia on business.
It is suspected that the fire broke out when power was
restored as they had left the stove on causing it to burst.
One of the neighbours who spoke on anonymity said the power
regulator should restore power in time so that people may check on all
appliances before going to bed.
“Zesa is letting us down by restoring power late in the
night, it’s better that they do their load shedding during the day and bring
back power at night to allow people to switch off their gadgets vasati varara,”
he said.
The visibly distraught pensioner Kamando couldn’t comment
as he watched his house and car being burnt. H Metro
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