Three persons including a female sex worker
and her clients were Thursday midnight burnt to death as a mysterious fire
razed a popular commercial sex spot near Orhowhurun Roundabout, Udu local
government area, Delta state.
Properties worth millions of naira were also
reportedly lost to the inferno which also gutted adjoining trading shops and
residential buildings.
Cause of the incident was still in doubt when Vanguard
got to the scene but speculations were rife that the fire began at about 1am,
Boxing Day, from one of the rooms occupied by one of the commercial sex workers
at a popular brothel in the area.
Corpses of the victims, one young man and that
of a young lady believed to be in her thirties were burnt beyond recognition,
sympathizers explained.
The raging fire, it was gathered, extended to
other apartments and near-by buildings through electricity cables, taking out
provisions, electric and pharmaceutical shops in the affected buildings.
“Corpses of the lady and most likely her male
client were found on the same spot”, a witness told Vanguard after
their remains were taken to an undisclosed morgue.
Victims and sympathizers were seen lamenting
the unfortunate fire.
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