Pregnant Woman Burnt To Death With Her Two Kids In Cross River

A building that served as a residential
building and business outlet, weekend, caught
fire in Ugep, Yakuur Local Government Area,
Cross River State, killing a pregnant woman,
Ekaiquo Ewa, and her two children aged 7
and 3, who were burnt to death.
The building located on 27, Calabar Road on
Friday at 7p.m., caught the woman and her
children in their one-room apartment, while
her husband, Denis Ewa, was away from the
house.
According to a mechanic, Okoi, whose shop
is close to the burnt house, the fire was
mysterious.
“We did not know the source of the fire. It is
still a mystery how the fire started and
spread so fast that the woman and the two
children could not escape,” Okoi said.
He said the woman was from Akwa Ibom
State, while her husband is from Abini, a
neighbouring village to Ugep.
“They have been living here for some time
and the time the fire engulfed the house,
Denis was not at home and effort by other
tenants to stop the fire did not yield fruit as
the flame was too fierce.
“The fire completely razed several motor
parts and provision shops, which were in the
front of the building.
“The fire started suddenly and was so fierce
that nobody could salvage anything,” Okoi
said.
Sources said the body of the woman had
been deposited at the Ugep General Hospital
Mortuary, while those of the children had
been buried.