A ravaging fire completely razed a house in the Bonadibong neighbourbood of Douala in an area known as Ancien Troisième.

The fire, which left two families homeless, started at about 4 pm on December 9, 2015. However, no life was lost. According to the home owner, Ndengoue Hematou, a retired truck driver, one of his tenants who runs a restaurant at Ancien Troisième Market, was bleaching oil when the incident occurred.

According to him, the oil was left on the fire for long, resulting in the flames that grew wild within a short time and completely razed the plank house. Before the arrival of the Ngodi Fire Service, the 15-year-old home had already been reduced to ashes. Though nothing was saved from the burning house apart from tenants’ mobile phones, the fire fighters succeeded in preventing the flames from crossing to nearby houses, also constructed in wood.