70-year-old Gogo burns to death
GOGO Thembisile Msibi (70) was burnt to death while asleep at Ngodini under the Mangcongco Constituency in the Manzini Region on Sunday night.
It is said that the eldery person was alone during the easter weekend and the fire when discovered, had already burnt her down and everything inside the house.
Acccording to the deceased’s niece, Themba Msibi who spoke to Eswatini Daily News, the now deceased Gogo was alone when the tragedy occurred as the one she was staying with was away and had attended Easter Services.
“We are located in just a stone throw away from where my aunt’s home and we awoken by one of the young girls who raised an alarm and that is when we found that the fire has already burnt down the deceased and the house. We do not know what started the fire,” Themba Msibi told EDN yesterday.
Msibi said that the alarm was raised at 2 am while it is suspected that the fire began to burn the house where the deceased was sleeping at 10 pm on Sunday night.
The deceased was a widow as her husband and other children passed away decades ago and she was left with only one child.
Deputy Police Information and Communication Officer, Nosipho Mnguni confirmed there incident through a Police Report which was sent to EDN.
“A 70 year old woman of Ngodini at Mangcongco was burnt to death by a fire while inside a house,” Mnguni confirmed through a statement.
Tragedies of fire like this are very common in the country especially where a candle is still being used as a source of light.
Most recently an incident occurred just after 4:30pm at Mbhuleni, Matsapha. The fire was started by a candle which was left unattended next to a bed, on which two minors aged four and 19 months were asleep. Electricity had blacked out on the fateful night. According to sources, the mother, who is a Mozambican national was not home when the incident occurred as she was selling her wares at a spaza situated within the same homestead, which has a block of one-room flats. Further, the sources disclosed to the Media that it was suspected that the minors placed the candle next to the bed and forgot to put it out after the lights had been on again.
That is when the fire engulfed the room and burnt them.
A 70 year old woman of Ngodini at Mangcongco was burnt to death by a fire while inside a house