It was an unfortunate scenery in Omene Road, Sapele, Delta State, as a residential building catches fire which amount to the killing of a 40 year old man.
Omene Road, Sapele was surrounded by onlookers and sympathizers as the burnt body of a young man in his early 40s was carried out of the burnt building, wrapped with a mat.
An eyewitness name withheld who gave an account of the incident said that late in the night, they heard the cry of help from someone in the building and identified the voice to be that of Daniel a.k.a Malaysia but thought he was drunk as usual but when the cry continued, they had to rush to the scene only to meet a helpless situation as the fire had completely encircled Mr Daniel.
Another person who is an eye witness that gave his name as Sammy, who said he lives nearby, said he heard the cry of Daniel for help but before they could get to his aid, the fire had completely surrounded the building.
The cause of the fire was identified as a candle that was lit when power went off at night.
Sammy said the state fire service was called to help put off the fire but their vehicle got sunk close to the building and their hoax could not get near enough to do anything meaningful, saying that the location of the house was swampy.
The fire service personnel on ground declined to say anything regarding the unfortunate occurrence.
The deceased was taken out of the building by neighbours, awaiting the arrival of the police even as relatives of Daniel were anxious to take the body for burial immediately.
Neighbours said that Mr Daniel is an easy going guy with a wife and kid and very peaceful.