Kumba: Bishop Agapitus Nfon succours victims of fire outbreak.

On Saturday October 19, the spiritual leader visited those affected by the incident. He went with a consignment of relief including; sanitary pads, bags of rice, books and detergents among others.

Going by Bishop Agapitus, the response was thanks to the benevolent gesture of some Christians of the church following news of the incident.  He said the charity arm of the Catholic Church, Caritas swung into action and mobilised the support that was handed to the fire victims.

He promised the victims of the fire incident more support when the Church would have mobilised additional resources for their benefit. 

“The Catholic Church through its charitable organization Caritas carries out its humanitarian works irrespective of your denominations. So, whether you're Catholic or not, we are here for the victims and we hope they received our gifts in good faith," Bishop Agapetus said. 

He called on the victims to be prayerful and remain patient. He urged the victims to also thank God that despite the incident, no life was lost. The prelate later prayed with the victims and later supervised the distribution of the gifts.

Flashback 

To recall that in the morning hours of Tuesday October 15th, fire which many locals say remains mysterious erupted from a house where illicit fuel is stored.

The fire razed close to five houses with over 31 families directly affected.  It is reported that most of the victims are Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, of the Anglophone crisis. 

It took over five hours for officers of the Kumba Army Rescue Unit to put out the flames. The Divisional Officer, DO, of Kumba I Subdivision, Ali Anugu, had also visited the incident site same day the fire broke out.

This story was first published in The Guardian Post Edition No:3266 of Monday October 21, 2024