A fireplace outbreak in the Ogbia area of Bayelsa on Saturday killed the three youngsters of one Mrs Favour Udoh at her residence.
The spokesman for the Bayelsa State Police Command, Mr Asinim Butswat, who verified the incident, mentioned that preliminary findings indicated that the fire at Elebele group used to be triggered through candle gentle.
Butswa said that policemen from the Kolo Division of the police in Ogbia had put out the hearth but might no longer shop the three youngsters, who died within the inferno.
On Jan. 14, 2016 at about 23.05 hrs, policemen from Kolo Division responded to a distress name of fireside outbreak, at the dwelling of one Mrs Favour Udoh at Elebele neighborhood in Ogbia LGA,he acknowledged.
Butswa mentioned that even though the fireplace used to be extinguished, three youngsters, particularly Daniel Udoh, Saviour Udoh and Joshua Udoh died.
The corpses had been deposited at the Federal scientific Centre Mortuary, Yenagoa for post-mortem and investigation is ongoing, he said.
