A female teacher who was recently posted to a Unity Secondary School and her four children have reportedly lost their lives in a fire incident in Ebonyi State.
Reports gathered that the tragic incident occurred on the 25th of December in Ozizza, Afikpo area of the state, when the teacher whose name was given as Mrs Faith Ejim- Egwu, was boiling water in the kitchen to bathe one of her kids while others were asleep.
It was learnt that the teacher noticed that the stove was burning low and reportedly went inside the kitchen of her two-room apartment with the child she was bathing to adjust the stove.
An eyewitness who narrated what happened to newsmen stated that while she was in the kitchen the stove exploded and fire engulfed the whole place with now way to escape because it is a jammed door lock.
The teacher and the four children were reportedly burnt beyond recognition before the door to the apartment was forcefully opened by neighbours.
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