Kitwe family loses property in night inferno

October 31, 2012 | Filed under: Local News | Posted by: web editor

From ALEX NJOVU in Kitwe
FIRE yesterday swept through a house in Kitwe’s Racecourse township and destroyed property worth millions of Kwacha.
Kitwe City Council chief fire officer Stanley Sichivula said in an interview in Kitwe yesterday that the fire started around 02:00 hours.
Mr Sichivula said a combined team of firefighters from Mopani Copper Mines and Kitwe City Council managed to put out the fire around 03:30 hours.
“We received a call around 02:00 hours and we were accompanied by officers from Mopani Copper Mines and Zambia police. The owners of the house fled when it started burning,” Mr Sichivula said.
He said the fire was started by a candle which was left burning in the house.
Mr Sichivula said the owners of the house, a woman and her children, managed to escape the inferno without injuries but that several household goods were destroyed.
He advised Kitwe residents against leaving burning candles unattended to.
Mr Sichivula also commended the residents for working with firefighters in putting out the fire