Family of nine killed in Lagos gas explosion buried in Anambra

Awka—THE sleepy community of Azia in Ihiala
Local Government Area of Anambra State was in
mournful mood yesterday as the nine bodies of
the family of Charles Obidigwe, who died of
burns sustained from cooking gas explosion in
Lagos last month, were buried.

Mrs. Obidigwe, wife of Charles, was said to be
preparing lunch for the family when the gas
cylinder exploded and caught fire that engulfed
the entire flat.
When men of Lagos State Fire Service arrived,
the harm had been done.
The head of the family, Charles Obidigwe, 51,
died instantly. But the other eight members of
his family, including his sister-in-law and her son,
who were staying with them, died later in a
Lagos hospital.
Until his death, late Obidigwe operated a
medicine store in Lagos.