GENERATOR EXPLOSION: 18 MONTHS OLD BABY LOSES HANDS, DEFACED

A woman’s alleged love for home video has led to the permanent deformity of her 18-month-old baby following a generator explosion in their home in Akure,  Ondo State. The baby,  Miss Oluwasola Fatejo,  lost her  two hands and pretty face in the incident that occurred while her mother, Mrs Mercy Fatejo was allegedly busy watching her favourite Yoruba soap inside the room.


It was gathered that the housewife was so engrossed in the movie that she did not know when little Oluwasola walked away from the room to the kitchen where she picked a matchbox and moved to the corridor of their apartment in Oshinle area of the capital city. The little girl was said to have played with the generator that had been switched on     during which she innocently struck a match causing a fire outbreak and the consequent explosion.

Sources told Sunday Sun that although the baby who was trapped in the fire cried  her  quite some time, her mother was oblivious of what had befallen her child and the raging fire in a section of their home.  Unfortunately, the neigbhours had left for their various outside engagements.  Help later came the baby’s way when a passerby who saw her struggling to escape from  the burning generator raised an alarm  that attracted her mother.

When the baby was eventually rescued, her face had been  disfigured  and her hands badly burnt in the explosion .  She was initially rushed to the Akure Specialist Hospital where she was referred to the Federal Medical Center (FMC),  Owo.  Checks by Sunday Sun revealed that doctors at the FMC later advised that she should be moved to the University College Hospital (UCH) for better medical attention.

The authorities of the hospital were said to have recommended the child for plastic surgery  on her face and hands,  one of which has been amputated.  The girl it was gathered Dependable sources told Sunday Sun that N18 million was needed to give the baby quality medical treatment.  Meanwhile,  the child’s mother,  Mrs Fatejo,  has denied  watching a movie while her baby  was trapped in the explosion.
 “I was not watching movie.  I was in my room arranging her bed when I heard the sound of the explosion only to find her burning with the generator. I was helpless until our neighbours came to my rescue.  My husband, a civil servant, was not around but  he immediately rushed home when he was informed about the incident.

“We took her to the Federal Medical Centre, in Owo local government area for treatment but and she was referred to UCH, Ibadan.” Mrs. Fatejo confirmed that her baby’s left hand had been amputated and that medical doctors have demanded for N1.8 million for surgery. -SUN