About 100 houses have been burnt in
Soro town in Ganjuwa Local Government Area of
Bauchi State, following the outbreak of a
mysterious fire.
Acting District Head of Soro, Alhaji Muhammad
Kilishi, who disclosed this in an interview with
Vanguard in Bauchi, said residents in the local
government were yet to know the cause of the
fire.
Kilishi said: “This fire is quite mysterious because
it was not caused by an electrical fault or bush
burning. We just noticed that fire from nowhere
started burning and before we knew it, it had
started destroying houses.
“This incident started mysteriously about a month
ago, but no life has been lost since the outbreak.
I do not know the meaning of this strange fire
which cannot be tied to a cause.
“Maybe it is a spiritual attack or something else;
I cannot say for now. It is just that it is quite
abnormal for a fire to appear from nowhere and
start destroying property in the communities.”
The district head said though no loss of life was
recorded in the fire, property worth millions of
Naira were destroyed.
He thanked the State Emergency Management
Agency, SEMA, for rendering assistance to the
victims of the mysterious fire and urged other
government agencies and non-governmental
organizations to come to the aid of the victims.
A victim, Murtala Shehu of Unguwar Fada Soro,
called for prayers.
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