Last Sunday night, the Maria Assumpta Cathedral Catholic Archdiocese in Owerri, Imo State, was completely destroyed by fire.
According to an eyewitness, the fire started about 11:48 p.m. and only affected a piece of the main church building, which caught fire.
It was triggered by an electrical problem, according to a Catholic Priest who asked not to be identified.
He explained that “The fire was not that much. It was as a result an electrical fault. It started from a room in the church where most of the wire connection was done. Yes, it damaged so many things. You know there was no how a fire will not damage something.
“By God’s grace, the fire did not go far, with the efforts of other people it was put off. So it’s just an electrical fault.”
“When the fire started, we heard an explosion from the area,” stated another eyewitness among those who participated in putting out the fire. There were gleaming electrical cables before the fire broke out. It’s possible that the electrical devices and musical instruments in that portion of the cathedral are the source of the problem. We are grateful to God that it was not a large amount. It turned out to be a faulty electrical connection.
“Many people came and were using water and other substance to extinguish the fire and lucky enough we succeeded in quenching the fire.”
