The flames rose for about three hours from house to house under the helpless gaze of firefighters.

This Saturday, December 27, 2014, around 24:45, a fire broke out in the building at the Foch Street in Bonakouamouang area (Canton Akwa-Douala).

Advantage of this building not far from the home of the artist Beko Sadey and housed at one time, the seat of Dikalo newspaper, flames devoured several buildings and shops, as to result in the next street, called the Jamot Street.

Fire threatens to embrace other roofs. A perspective that plunged into panic, residents and owners of businesses located in the area. They are in the process of removing everything.

The elements of the national fire brigade which certainly arrived at the scene of disaster drama were currently unable to extinguish the fire. Despite the dedication of the firefighters, their relief actions are limited by lack of equipment. "Before talking about the equipment, the firefighters underestimated the danger.

They first came with a single tanker. The water is finite while the fire was still very intense in the first house. They sent the second truck when the fire had already attacked the second building. This second building has burned all when a tanker truck was emptied, had to wait more than 20 minutes to see another truck coming. There are no fire hydrants in the vicinity. Fire does not stop to wreak havoc and yet the firefighters are there. It's amazing, "an indignant complained.

The fire continues to burn without loss of human life, left a large tire sales store and a warehouse with goods from Europe and the United States of America.