SAD!!! Family Of Six Killed By Generator Fume

It's so sad that useful and innocent lives are wasted in Nigeria by easily avoidable events. A family of six have lost their lives to generator fumes in Boji Boji Owa community in Ika South LGA of Delta State.

Leadership reports that the incident happened on Friday, June 13 after the the family forgot to put off the generator after watching a football match.

It was reliably gathered that the generator set popularly called “I pass my neighbour” was left working inside their room which later suffocated the victims because their room windows were locked inside, preventing the smoke of the generator from leaving the room.

Recounting what happened, the father of the victims who is a businessman said, they had bought fuel to watch the football match after which he and his wife went to bed, forgetting to put off the generating set.

He said, "The next morning, my daughter who is the younger sister of the victims knocked on the door without anybody opening it. The door was later forced opened where the six family members were found dead."

Lamenting the loss of his children, the businessman said, out of eight children that his wife bore for him, he is now left with only two.

According to him, they later discovered that the children did not only use it to watch football but to watch Nigerian movie after the football match.

A nurse in the vicinity who pleaded anonymity said she had attempted to administer treatment to the victims but later discovered that they were completely dead.

The police authorities in the area said the deceased had been taken to the hospital mortuary for proper investigation.

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Generator fume kills six in Ebonyi

SIX persons were yesterday confirmed dead, while six others are now receiving treatment at the Presbyterian Joint Hospital, Uburu, in Ohaozara local government area of Ebonyi State after in-haling fume emanating from a generating set.

The victims, who are members of the same family, died of suffocation on Tuesday.

Reacting to the incident, Chairman of Ohaozara local government area, Mr. Ogbuefi Akpa, who expressed shock over the death of the family members, added that he had visited the hospital where he charged the management to ensure that adequate medical attention was given to the victims.

He noted that the deputy governor of the state, Engr Dave Umahi, had equally visited the hospital to commiserate with the family of the victims and made a donation N100,000.

An eyewitness, Mr John Kish Onu told newsmen that the incident occurred when the family went to bed without putting off their generating set they kept along the passage of their house.

According to Onu, six other members of the family were rushed to the Presbyterian Joint Hospital, Uburu, where they are receiving urgent medical attention.

“Their parents went to bed first before the children and because one of the children was sick, the children had gathered to pray for a sick member of the family. After the prayers, one of them carried the generator to the passage and left it there”.

“Meanwhile, one of the doors at the passage which led to where they were sleeping was open while they went to bed without knowing the implication of their action. In the morning, people expected them to be awake but that didn’t happen as they were all lying helpless and dead.

“They are about 12 that slept in the room. At present, six children have been confirmed dead, while six are in the hospital,” he said.

The Police Public Relations Officer of the Ebonyi state command, Mr John Eluu, who also confirmed the incident, however, pointed out that six others were in critical condition.

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