By Nasir Isa
Tragedy struck in Tsangarwa village Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa State as an inferno burnt a 30-year-old mother and her two daughters to death.
While confirming the tragic the spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC, Command CSC. Adamu Shehu in a statement said the inferno razed down a hut while the victims were sleeping.
According to him “the fire incident engulfed a hut where a 30-year-old Khadija Ibrahim was sleeping together with her two daughters, 4-year-old Aisha Ibrahim and 2-year-old Rabi Ibrahim.”
He explained that both the mother and her two daughters were completely consumed by the inferno as none of the victims was rescued alive.
CSC Adamu said the cause of the fire was unknown, but neighbours said it might not be unconnected with a charcoal fire that was meant to keep them warm.
He said the remains of the victims were taken to a hospital and confirmed dead by a medical doctor and were buried according to Islamic rites.
