Cameroon: 4 dead and 2 seriously injured in a fire incident in Bafoussam

4 persons have been killed and 2 others seriously injured in a fire that devastated a family home on Tuesday night at the Djeleng 5 district in Bafoussam in the Western Region of Cameroon.

A violent fire broke out in the middle of the night from Tuesday breaking Wednesday, shortly after 2 am, in a family home in the Djeleng 5 district of Bafoussam.

The intervention of locals failed to save the family of 6 people. Four of them died in the burning flames, while two others sustained life threatening injuries.

The injured were taken to the regional hospital of Bafoussam where they are in the intensive care unit. The firefighters arrived late. An investigation was opened to elucidate the origin of the flames.