Pastor, wife, four children escape death in church fire

A cleric, Pastor Israel Ovie, his wife and four children escaped death by a whisker as fire razed the Bayelsa State district headquarters of Greater Power of God Fire Mission International.
The church is located at Amarata, a suburb of Yenagoa metropolis.
The fire, a witness said, was caused by a candle lit by the pastor’s six-year-old daughter, Dominion, in the apartment designated as Pastor’s Residence.
The witness said the inferno, which started about 8:45p.m, destroyed property worth millions of naira in the church constructed with planks. It took the intervention of neighbours and passers-by to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby houses.
The cleric, Ovie, told journalists that they lit a candle as there was power outage. According to him, the candle fell down on clothes and spread to other things.http://newtelegraphonline.com/pastor-wife-four-children-escape-death-church-fire/