By In what appeared to be a home accident on Christmas day, Orhewere Godwin, an Assistant Superintendent of Fire II with the Federal Fire Service, lost his life in the process.
The unfortunate incident happened in Egbeda, Lagos.
BlackBox Nigeria learnt that around 2am, the late Godwin’s wife wanted to prepare a meal for him to take to work. She opted for stove instead of the gas cooker. While trying to put on the stove, she met with a boom, perhaps due to a missing wick.
In shock, she went to wake her husband up. Godwin went to the kitchen and picked the stove, which was yet to be put off, and took it to the living room. That was when the explosion happened.
The firefighter had his face burnt in the process, with parts of his hands and legs. He was then rushed to about 3 hospitals before he was admitted to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), where he gave up the ghost that morning.
