5-yr old girl burnt to death in Bayelsa

The sleepy riverside settlement of Ogbogoro in the
outskirts of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital was
Thursday night thrown into mourning following the
burning to death of a five year old girl in an inferno.
The deceased child, simply identified as Princess,
eyewitnesses told Saturday Vanguard, was a
daughter of a policeman attached to the Osiama
Division of the State Police Command in Southern
Ijaw local government area of the state.
It was gathered that the inferno which occurred at
about 7.30pm was caused by a burning candle.
Saturday Vanguard learnt that at the time of the
incident, the mother of the deceased was in the
market selling crayfish while the father was away at
his duty post in the creek of the state.
It was learnt that the sister to the deceased, who is a
Junior Secondary School (JSS) student, had made use
of the candle light in solving her school homework.
She was said to have left the candle burning and
went out to get some foodstuff for her siblings.
"While she was away, the candle fell and set ablaze
the fabrics on the floor of the room. The deceased
and her 7-year old brother, Henry, were in the room
but attempt by the latter to wake the sister proved
abortive," the source said. www.vanguardngr.com/2013/11/5-yr-old-girl-burnt-death-bayelsa/