Admin I Tuesday, Feb. 06, 2024
UTURU, Abia – The President General of Uturu Development Association of Nigeria UDAN,Dr Chidi Mba and the Mayor of Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State, Air vice Marshall Chinwendu onyeike (rtd) have sympathized with those whose shops were burnt by fire at Abia State University Uturu ABSU up gate.
The Isuikwuato Mayor and Uturu PG accompanied by the Deputy Mayor Goodluck Okezie and others visited the scene of fire outbreak at Ugba side of the campus to ascertain the level of damages and also to find out the possible cause of the inferno.
During assessment,they found out that fire outbreak was caused as a result of human carelessness.
During the visit,they also discovered that six shops were razed down by the fire .
While consoling the victims of the fire disaster , the dou of Uturu PG and isuikwuato mayor cautioned traders in the area to be careful on how they use fire near gas filling points.
“We therefore console all those whose shops were involved in the fire outbreak and prayed that God will not allow such again.
“We also warned the owners of shops to stop renting shops to those that would be operating any fire instigating ventures anymore around Ugba area” they warned.
They also observed that gas refilling point was just close to a shop where the owners use charcoal and stove to cook .
It was further gathered that the cooking point was just directly behind the gas refilling point at the area and it resulted to the outbreak of the fire which started around 8.20am and lasted for about 30 minutes.
