Report reaching 9news Nigeria news room has it that the mortuary section of Enugwu-Ukwu general hospital has been gutted by fire and all the corpses burnt beyond recognition.

9news Nigeria gathered that the fire started at about three o’clock this afternoon and before they could get the fire service, the three -room-morgue had been raised down.

According to 9news Nigeria reporter who visited the scene of incident, the mortician on duty couldn’t stop the fire as he was the only person on duty and they couldn’t ascertain the cause of the fire though according to the eye witneses, the fire may have come from bush burning as the surrounding is over grown with dry grasses.

More details soon….