Girl dies in house fire
A four-year-old girl was killed yesterday morning in a house fire at her home in Oniipa near the Onandjokwe Lutheran hospital.
Ndapandula Faith Souses died upon arrival at the hospital. She was rushed to Onandjokwe hospital together with her great-grandmother, Selma Alugodhi, 86, who was immediately transferred to the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital in critical condition. According to Alugodhi's grandson, France Naifo, the incident occurred around 08:30 a short while after the children left for school.
Naifo said he discovered smoke in the house while he was coming out from the shower.
“After I investigated where the smoke was coming from I established that it was from my grandmother's building. When I rushed there all the doors where closed. I went to the side of her bedroom and I smashed the window, but when I checked inside she was not there, and it was not where the fire was. The fire was in the living room but it was locked. My uncle came to assist me and we managed to get inside,” Naifo said.
“In the living room we found my grandmother with Ndapandula and they were badly burnt. They were rushed to the Onandjokwe hospital with serious injuries.”
The cause of the fire is yet to be determined. The building consists of five rooms, but only the living room has fire damage.
Naifo said that the building is Alugodhi and her grandchildren's compound. Apart from her grandmother and Ndapandula, three other people woke up from that home yesterday and went safely to school.
Inspector Ellen Nehale, spokesperson for the Oshikoto police, could not comment saying she had not received any further updated information.
The probe into the cause of the fire continues.
ILENI NANDJATO
Ndapandula Faith Souses died upon arrival at the hospital. She was rushed to Onandjokwe hospital together with her great-grandmother, Selma Alugodhi, 86, who was immediately transferred to the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital in critical condition. According to Alugodhi's grandson, France Naifo, the incident occurred around 08:30 a short while after the children left for school.
Naifo said he discovered smoke in the house while he was coming out from the shower.
“After I investigated where the smoke was coming from I established that it was from my grandmother's building. When I rushed there all the doors where closed. I went to the side of her bedroom and I smashed the window, but when I checked inside she was not there, and it was not where the fire was. The fire was in the living room but it was locked. My uncle came to assist me and we managed to get inside,” Naifo said.
“In the living room we found my grandmother with Ndapandula and they were badly burnt. They were rushed to the Onandjokwe hospital with serious injuries.”
The cause of the fire is yet to be determined. The building consists of five rooms, but only the living room has fire damage.
Naifo said that the building is Alugodhi and her grandchildren's compound. Apart from her grandmother and Ndapandula, three other people woke up from that home yesterday and went safely to school.
Inspector Ellen Nehale, spokesperson for the Oshikoto police, could not comment saying she had not received any further updated information.
The probe into the cause of the fire continues.
ILENI NANDJATO
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