Grief pervaded Ogunseye and Dipo Olubi streets, Aguda, Surulere, Lagos, on Thursday following the tragic death of a family of five in an overnight fire. The victims were a couple identified only as Hope (wife) and Hygnius and their three children, Ada, 9, Nonso, 7, and six-year-old Ugochukwu. While the woman and the children died on the spot, Hygnius, who sustained first degree burns, died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital. It was learnt that the fire started around 2am from a makeshift shop on Dipo Olubi Street, where the family resided and spread to three other adjoining shops. Hope also used the shop for laundry service and selling confectionery. Although the immediate cause of the inferno could not be ascertained, it was said that the sound of explosion was heard from the family’s shop shortly after electricity was restored in the area. During a visit to the community, Punch saw burnt clothes, washing machine, and refrigerator, among other burnt household it...