A two year-old Malawian boy identified as Aliford Nthali has died after a phone battery that was being charged using a booster in a room where he was sleeping burst into flamesin Nkhatabay district.
According to an eyewitness Mr Kaphedwa, on the night of October 14 2016 Alford was sleeping in a room while his friends were chatting at a neighbouring house.
A phone battery was being charged in the same room through boosting and at a later stage the phone battery got saturated and burst into flames that spread to the beddings of the deceased.
Alford failed to escape and was burnt to death after efforts by well-wishers to rescue him proved futile.
Items worth K140, 000 were also burnt to ashes in the inferno.
Police together with medical personnel later visited the scene of incident and postmortem that was conducted indicated suffocation as cause of death.
The deceased hailed from Zamandere village Traditional Authority (TA) Mkumbira in Nkhatabay district.
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Xo bad
Ur not getting m properly, imean!!!!!!! ena not u¿¿¿ akukomenta ngati zachitikq mwadara ngozi ndi ngozi u can’t control wanimva???????? Haneef muyaya chikavuta chilankhuro timafunsa ena ,Ndiwe wekha amene sudamve shame on u
R I P
Imfa ilibe odi.mzimu wake uuse mumtendere.langizo kwa tonse kucharger battery munjira yotere ndkoopsa
Makolowo amangidwe ndi myendo yomwe bas
So sad
U can be awiser bt accident u can’t control , u people be a late when ur commenting
Really
Ndekuti ndi #Mutharika anamutuma ku booster battery?
Nanga choncho,.mavuto amakolo awa. Makolo ena nzeru ngati za chiwala choti chikawuluka chavula, chikatera chavala, choncho mwana akhala bwanji ndi upangili pa moyo wake ngati makoloso mukuchuluka kuzisaka kusiya ana inu musakudziwa chomwe akupanga. look now moyo ndikamodzi, ndikuti wapita umenewo basi simudzabwezeranso.I don’t feel good ndikamava zotelezi, its too bad indeed not good at all, mapeto ake mutilakhulitsa molakwikaso kuti Escom ali chabe fine ndi ma black out awowa, akugwira tchito yabwino yotamandika yama black out. kupechetsakoso ngozi. keep it up Escom.!
Rest in internal peace boy
:>Chokani apa anthu onama iwe:>:>
RIP
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RIP
Sad
Nchifukwa chake magesi akumazimazima eetii? akuwopa kut muthesa ana.
R.I.P
Ndani anamuuza kut battery la china ama booster.
Atonga kupusa
It’s not about tribes an accident knows no tribe. What has happened here is not a joke but young life has been lost! Be symphathetic.