By Solomon T Gaye
An eight-bedroom house in the Pearson Community was gutted by fire, bringing to three, the number of fire incidents in less than a month in Gompa City, Nimba County.
Mary Dahn explained that the fire began in the house around the afternoon hours though the cause of the fire was not revealed.
According to old lady Dahn, the house was burnt to ashes with several valuables including land deeds and other household materials.
“My family and my grandchildren are now homeless; I am a widow and was born in 1960 therefore, who is going to help me to build another place I can call my home,” the old lady lamented.
Her daughter, Rebecca Dahn explained that the old lady has refused to eat since the incident occurred a few days ago.
“The old lady doesn’t want to eat any food and is worrisome, nowhere for her and her grandchildren to live now, my mother and her grandchildren were living in the house that got burned,” she explained.
Rebecca said, “We want to take this time to appeal through the media to Vice President Jeremiah Kough and other philanthropists to help the family get out of the street.”
Speaking on behalf of the community, Cllr. Hector Quoigwa, called on the government to help the residents with a fire truck to prevent fire disasters or fire-related incidents in the future.
“I will recommend to Gompa Mayor Samuel Hardy to launch an SOS rally for fire trucks for Gompa city residents to prevent future destruction in case of fire disaster,” Quoigwe disclosed during the beginning of October 2024, a gas station gutted fire at the LPMC community that left several homes and properties damaged, while in Sanniquellie business centers gutted fire and left several people homeless.
Nimba is among the 15 counties in Liberia that boast of fire trucks but lack trained firefighters coupled with other logistical support from the government for the smooth running of the fire truck.
When contacted LNFS sub-office in Gompa on the Monrovia highway, LNFS officers assigned at the LIS checkpoint on the Monrovia highway refused to speak and referred the paper to the central office in Sanniquellie.
When this paper contacted the central office in Sanniquellie via mobile phone the phone was off up to press time.
