A two-year-old girl has died in Kawambwa after a grass
shelter she had made with her friends caught fire while they were playing in it.
Grandmother to the girl, Cecilia Nkalamo, 63, confirmed the death to ZANIS at the funeral house in Kawambwa, today. She named the girl as Caren Mambwe of Mutofwe village in Chief Munkanta’s area in Kawambwa district.
Mrs Nkalamo said the incident happened on Monday around 11:00 hours
when Mambwe was playing in a small grass shelter that she had made
with her friends inside a ditch.
She explained that Mambwe was in the company of four friends and as they were playing, they lit a fire.
Mrs Nkalamo said Mambwe’s four friends managed to get out of the ditch and started shouting that there was fire where they were playing.
She said when some neighbours rushed to the ditch, they found Mambwe already dead as she was badly burnt.
And a check by ZANIS at the scene revealed that a named neighbour
dug a ditch which is about three meters deep where he got soil for
molding bricks.
The ditch has never been buried and children from nearby houses play in it.
Sources from Kawambwa Police confirmed the burning and death of Mambwe adding that she was buried yesterday.
ZANIS
So sad indeed….parents lets teach our little ones NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER to play with matches/fires.If it means wooping their tiny  a.s.s.e.s wen found playing wit matches,lets do it .
SAD REALLY SAD MWE
I WAS ONCE BURNT BY MY WIFE AFTER CHEATING I KNOW IT HURTS.
Too bad for the little one. #3Walai are those intimate details necessary? Taumfwa sana iwe ka?
Iam saddened by this news. May her soul rest in God’s eternal peace. Comment from #3 is immature and painful, let’s think with our heads.
Walai how much were you burnt. Tell us the degree of the burns? Are still with her? Am able to tell that she is a bad hearted person who may kill you next time. If you still huaband and wife pliz leave her aaaaahhhhhh Dont take chance. Be smart. Sad for the little one. MHSRIP. Simbongo leave walai alone. Freedom of expression is the issue here.
What a loss, Terribly sad.
2 bad our little sissy may your soul rest in peace
too bad weh! it always pains me to see our future generation get wiped away. plis mothers, take care of your children.
This is very sad and unfortunate. What we need is for parents to teach their children about the dangers of playing with fire as the situation can change rapidly and for the community as a whole to be more vigilant about what our kids are getting up to .children don’t think of the consequences of their actions. I once lit a fire that went into two yards all because my young sister was feeling cold and I thought I was being thoughtful but I lit it the fire near a patch of dry grass(We lived on a farm). The adults had only left us for a few minutes but so many things could have gone wrong that day and only now that I’m older have I realised what could have happened.
What a waste of life.