89 year old woman Janet Abiodu Williams is reported to have died in a blaze on Tuesday while her 22 Williams Street Kissy residence in Freetown was engulfed in fire.
According to Bankie Lardge, son of the deceased, the actual cause of the fire is unknown, but it was believed to have started around 8:00-8:30 am that day, when he was feeding his pigs in the pen.
“I heard my daughter shouting, fire! Fire!” he said, adding the blaze was first noticed at the top floor of the wooden house where the late Mrs. Williams’ apartment was.
“Before I could rush up stairs to rescue my mother, the fire had already taken over the entire apartment, and it was too late for me to rescue my mother,” he lamented.
The board house was completely engulfed in flames with properties worth millions of Leones lost. Eyes witnesses said although Fire Force officers later arrived on the scene, the timely intervention of the community people prevented the blaze from extending to nearby houses.
Fire accidents are recently not uncommon in the east end of Freetown. Just two days back, another fire accident occurred along Bai Bureh Road Kissy, leaving properties worth millions of Leones in total ruins.
Having been elected Paramount Chief of Kaffu Bullom Chiefdom, Porto Loko District, on the 21st January 2010, Paramount Chief Shebora Sheba Gbereh has formally been inaugurated as Paramount Chief of Kaffu Bullom Chiefdom after going through the traditional “Kantha” ceremony. Hundreds of dignitaries, government officials, Paramount chiefs and local people witnessed the coronation ceremony which officially took place under a big traditional cotton tree at Yongoro Town in Kaffu Bullom Chiefdom. Giving the key note address in another ceremony organized after the official Coronation Ceremony Paramount chief Bai Shebora Sheba Gbereh lll thanked God Almighty, his ancestors and his people for his position.
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