Fire kills three children in Basupú del Oeste house
A resident tried to reach the children next door but flames blocked her path as the fire spread through the divided house.
Three children died in a fire that broke out at about seven in the evening on Wednesday, November 11, in Basupú del Oeste. The house was made of semi-permanent materials and split into three parts, each owned by a different person, and the flames consumed all of it.
A resident told Ahora EG that she was pulling children out when she heard the minors in the next section shouting that they were burning. She tried to reach them but could not get through the flames. One of the dead was a six-year-old, the brother of a baby who was in the house.
The household had no electricity after its power was cut, so residents lit the rooms with an artisanal lamp called a 'Bakoko', a bottle of petroleum with a wick. The resident said the lamp fell onto a mattress on the floor, spilling oil that set it alight. None of the residents could save their belongings.
Why it mattersResidents of the house lost all their possessions, and the three children who died leave their families with no home or belongings.