Three children of the same mother were, this afternoon, killed in a fire accident along High Tension School Road, Ugwuagba-Obosi, Anambra State.

According to the police, the fire started around 2:15 pm inside two containers used as shop and apartment. .

Their mother, Blessing Nwafor, had left three of her children namely Chimierie, 5, Onyedika, 4, and Esther, 3, inside the container and stepped out before tragedy struck.
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The cause of the fire is not yet known but the charred remains of the victims have since been taken to Bex Hospital mortuary.