Three children of the same family aged between two and fives have been burnt to ashes after the grass thatched house they were sleeping in caught fire.
Both Northern Province Police Commissioner Mary Chikwanda and Luwingu district Police station Officer in Charge Sampa Mwelwa confirmed the development to ZANIS in Luwingu.
Ms Chikwanda said the three children died in an inferno on Friday night last week after a car battery exploded causing a huge fire which also damaged property worth millions of kwacha.
She named the three children as Duglous Mpundu 2, Lewis Mpundu 3 and Francis Mpundu aged 5 all of Chisasala village in Chief Chabula’s area.
She said the incident happened when parents went into the neighbourhood leaving a candle that was placed on a motor vehicle battery.The battery then exploded into an inferno burning the entire grass thatched house.
Ms Chikwanda said the three children were burnt to ashes after the community failed to put out the fire.
The remains of the deceased children were put in one coffin and have since been buried at the village grave yard.
ZANIS
Sad reading but why so many deaths in our country??
And ba lusaka times your pic does not show a grass thatched house, if you don’t have actual pic learn to use Google you get something close to what you are talking about
Very sad indeed, all these are signs of the last days, may the Almighty God be with this family.
ubukopo, these are the last days yakwisa? Fyobe fyo!!
Too bad and very very sad story. One would wonder why such a tragedy would happen to young kids who does not know any bad thing. Its a lesson to those people who like leaving burning candles on vehicle battery. There are 1000 ways to die, people let us be extra careful and think beyond in whatever action we are about to take.
Damn you fire, damn you the building Whose walls hid the blood they were was spillin’ Damn you country so good at killin’ Damn you feelin’ for persevering.
Sad indeed
MTSRIP!!!
Gross negliegence.Â
Lord!
sad development.avoid putting candles on viehecle batteries even using them coz they may explod anytime course ham or death the innocet ones.let me find out more trueth surrounding this accident.MTSRIP.
Very sad development. illiteracy is really a curse. how can one put a candle on a car battery? our hearts any way goes out to the poor parents and the village.
MTSRIEP….Lesa pokeleleni abana benu…
May they souls of the poor children rest in peace.
” “after the grass thatched house they were sleeping in caught fire”,,,,”exploded causing a huge fire which also damaged property worth millions of kwacha””‘
It was a grass thatched house with property worth millions of Kwacha ?.
what is 1 or 2 million K’s iwe?
Sad reading…RIP little ones…
Pepani. This is very sad.
I pray the parents find comfort.
MTSRIP
Oh no, 3 children! How can a mother and father live with this? The 2 parents need prayers. May the souls of the children rest in eternal peace.
LT why do you use wrong pictures, the building in the picture is not a grass thatche fimo fimo…
Good info and straight to the point. I am not sure if this is really the best place to ask but do you folks have any thoughts on where to hire some professional writers? Thx :)