Kero Explosion Kills Mum, Child In PH

Tragedy struck at Oroagbolu in Rumueme community of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State over the weekend when Chioma Sam Raymond, a middle aged woman, Grace, her only child died following an explosion from a kerosene lantern.
The incident occurred when Raymond was lighting a kerosene lantern in her room with the little child standing beside her, unsuspecting that the content was adulterated.
The fire that ensured from the explosion, burnt the mother and child beyond recognition before neighbours would go for their rescue.
They were rushed to the Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital, BMSH, but not  attended to and were referred to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital where they were confirmed dead.
Their bodies have since been buried.
Speaking in an interview with The Tide at the scene of the incident, one Mr Ndubuisi Nwangwe, complained that the victims may have survived if they were not denied admission at the BMSH, noting that before they could get to the UPTH they had died.