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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Nine members of the same family from Koto village in Chief Bundabunda\u2019s Chiefdom of Chongwe district in Lusaka Province, are nursing burns after their house caught fire as they were watching television yesterday.<\/p>\n

Confirming the incident in a statement, Zambia Police service spokesperson, Rae Hamoonga, stated that police in Chongwe received a report from Mr. James Chilanga of Koto Village who disclosed that a transformer in the area developed a fault and burst into flames.<\/p>\n

Mr. Hamoonga said Mr. Chilanga revealed that a house which is located a few meters away from the transformer caught fire which burnt the nine victims.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrief facts of the matter are that the victims namely, Moses Banda aged 61, Layana Shakufwaya aged 38, Clever Chiyesa aged 30, Bright Mudenda aged 24, Modester Kankwala aged 22, and four female Juveniles two aged five, Six and Seven were watching television, then suddenly they heard a loud bang coming from a ZESCO transformer and the house in which the victims were caught fire through the sockets and sparks which burnt the victims,\u201d Mr. Hamoonga said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Hamoonga said Police and the Fire brigade were informed immediately and rushed to the scene.<\/p>\n

He added that 8 of the victims sustained mild burns on the legs and a female juvenile aged five sustained severe burns on the head adding that she was referred to Levy Mwanawasa teaching hospital where she is admitted.<\/p>\n

Mr. Hamoonga further stated that the 8 victims are currently admitted at Chongwe District hospital and their condition is said to be stable.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. Nine members of the same family from Koto village in Chief Bundabunda\u2019s Chiefdom of Chongwe district in Lusaka Province, are nursing burns after their house caught fire as they were watching television yesterday. Confirming the incident in a statement, Zambia Police service spokesperson, Rae Hamoonga, stated that police in Chongwe received a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":46061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-46062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nNine members of same family burnt in inferno - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nine members of the same family from Koto village in Chief Bundabunda\u2019s Chiefdom of Chongwe district in Lusaka Province, ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/nine-members-of-same-family-burnt-in-inferno\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nine members of same family burnt in inferno\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nine members of the same family from Koto village in Chief Bundabunda\u2019s Chiefdom of Chongwe district in Lusaka Province, ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/nine-members-of-same-family-burnt-in-inferno\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-28T18:55:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-28T20:24:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/07\/sm_1690559240.555024.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"462\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/nine-members-of-same-family-burnt-in-inferno#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/nine-members-of-same-family-burnt-in-inferno\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nine members of same family burnt in inferno\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-28T18:55:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-28T20:24:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/nine-members-of-same-family-burnt-in-inferno\"},\"wordCount\":270,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/nine-members-of-same-family-burnt-in-inferno#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/07\/sm_1690559240.555024.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/nine-members-of-same-family-burnt-in-inferno#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/nine-members-of-same-family-burnt-in-inferno\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/nine-members-of-same-family-burnt-in-inferno\",\"name\":\"Nine members of same family burnt in inferno - 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