Thursday, October 29, 2026 - Tragedy struck at the General Hospital Gboko, Benue State, where a fire outbreak claimed the lives of two children, a boy and a girl, aged 2 and 4 years.
According to eyewitnesses and hospital sources, the
incident occurred on Tuesday evening, October 27, 2026 when the parents, who
are staying at the hospital quarters, locked the two children inside a room and
stepped out briefly.
It was during that short absence that fire started
from inside the room.
A hospital staff said they noticed smoke coming from the
room and quickly raised an alarm.
Before staff could force the door open and reach the
children, the fire had already gone out of control and engulfed the room.
Members of the hospital community and the host
community gathered and made frantic efforts to put out the fire and rescue the
children, but all efforts proved abortive. The children were burnt beyond
recognition.
One of the occupants of the building, Godwin Aondohemba, who
who confirmed the incident said the fire destroyed all the properties in the
building.
“Father Lord u said in any situations we find ourselves we
should tank u this evening we lost two kids and all the properties in this
apartment,” he wrote.
“1 my neighbor lost his two kids. 2 I lost all my properties
nothing was removed. Pls pray for us, I am not around I went to work all this
happened in my absence I lack words on this. Almighty God only u will help me
out on this.”
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