A man, identified as Mr. Felix Ifeanyi, was on Tuesday night burnt to death after fire gutted his room at High Climax Hotel, Ikotun area of Lagos. The fire reportedly started from a candle which Ifeanyi lit before he slept about 11p.m.
The candle fell on the furniture and caught fire. Sources said that Ifeanyi, a worshipper at the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), had been bedridden for months after contracting an unknown ailment. Efforts to get cure at different hospitals proved abortive.
In search of cure, it was learnt that the family abandoned medical means for spiritual healing at the church. Worried by the large number of local and international worshippers who usually throng the church for healing, the family decided to secure a room at the hotel located a few metres away from the church headquarters last Thursday.
It was learnt other lodgers at the hotel were not aware of th inferno until his fiveyear- old son ran out, calling for assistance.
Efforts to put out the fire early were abortive because they were unable to source water. The state Police Public Relations Officers (PPRO), Dolapo Badmus, said investigation had commenced into the inferno which claimed Ifeanyi’s life. She said:
“We will conduct an autopsy on the corpse. At 23:35 hours, Emmanuel Eze, the Manager of High Climax Hotel in Egbe reported that Ifeanyi Felix, a lodger in the hotel, put on candlelight which resulted in fire outbreak, and the said Ifeanyi was burnt to death. “The remains of the deceased have been deposited at Isolo General Hospital for autopsy.”
