One dead in fire incident in Douala, Cameroon

At least one person is reported dead in a fire outbreak that hit Doula on the night of  Friday breaking Saturday, according to media reports.

The incident occurred in a neighborhood called Village, precisely at Petit Shell in the Douala3 Subdivision.

The victim of the tragedy is a 60-year-old man popularly known as Colonel, reports Cameroon-Info.Net.

The man was with his daughter in the house.  The daughter was successfully pulled out. The wife was on a trip, reports say.

About five houses are reported burnt down.

The cause of the fire has not been determined yet but some sources suggest it could have stemmed from an electric cable malfunction.