One person has been burnt to death in a fire that gutted nine makeshift restaurants at Kapiri Mposhi Town Council New Bus Station.
The man only identified as Chishimba aged between 35 and 40 was burnt while sleeping in one of the affected restaurants after the fire broke out around 04:30 hours this morning.
Both Council Public Relations Officer, Nelly Nkolongo and police sources have confirmed the incident to ZANIS saying investigations are underway to establish the cause of the fire.
However, Ms Nkolongo says preliminary investigations indicate that the fire was caused by a brazier the deceased was using to warm himself.
The deceased was burnt to death after the fire from the brazier ignited the restaurant he was sleeping in before it spread to other restaurants.
“Sadly we have lost one person in the fire at Kapiri Mposhi Council bus station in a fire that broke out around 04:00 hours,” Ms Nkolongo said.
The body of the deceased has been deposited to Kapiri Mposhi District Hospital mortuary awaiting full identification.
And merchandise and property worth thousands of Kwacha have been burnt in the inferno.
Affected restaurant owners have since appealed to the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) to come to their aid.
Speaking on behalf of others, Delia Nyimbiri says affected traders depend on the restaurants to provide for their families.
“We have lost everything and we don’t know where to turn to but to government to help us this is our only livelihoods,” Ms. Nyimbiri said
PF at it again with fires.
Very sad especially that only a month ago they had that fire from the train crush.
@1 Nostradamus
Come on now…you can comment much better than this….this is a tasteless comment my dear friend…a life was lost so this is no laughing matter…and I bet you didn’t even read the article just straight to comment no wonder you sound clueless about alot of things..
Learn to read iwe makaka
These fires have started again with the health post last week and the market this week. We know who are behind these.
More strange deaths under upnd
NOTHING STRANGE ABOUT DEATHS
MAKE SHIFT RESTUARANTS ALLOWED AND ENCOURAGED BY PF
Tikki for how long will you sing the pf blame song? Remember the Zambian people will not judge you based on pf. Stay strong. You are out at next election
These are the risky Kantembas that PF allowed to mushroom all over Zambia that caused this.PF even caused the 2018 cholera epidemic that killed almost 100.
This tragic fire is still on PF failures ,make no mistake about it. They weakened oversight and budgetary support for emergency services for 10yrs.
@ Ba Saulosi sure, why can’t you insult @ Kaizer who is commenting worse than me?
It’s true I didn’t read the article, but only the headline/title. Did someone die @ Saulosi?
Sadly a life has been lost. But these are illegal structures allowed by the terror PF govt. Ba Kaizer, this is not blame game it’s truth. And not even over your dead body will PF resurrect. I hope you have a long life to see how Zambia will prosper under the upnd for years to come. You managed to keep Lungu under capture and he foolishly danced to your tune. You still have crimes of shooting at people, leaving accident scenes and unexplained wealth. I can’t wait to see you ROT in jail
Ifomantemba out. Bally fix it.