Boy, 4, and sister, 1, die in horror fire ‘caused by charging iPad’ after hero lad tried to shield her with his body
A HERO four-year-old has died trying to save his baby sister after an iPad burst into flames and started a blaze. The tragic kids were with dad Marvin Obando, 24, in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua when the horror fire broke out and killed them both. The horror fire, in Nicaragua, on Wednesday when the […]
A HERO four-year-old has died trying to save his baby sister after an iPad burst into flames and started a blaze.
The tragic kids were with dad Marvin Obando, 24, in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua when the horror fire broke out and killed them both.
The horror fire, in Nicaragua, on Wednesday when the children were with their father Marvin Obando, 24, as their mother Marbely Soto Castillo, 21, was working.
Shattered Obando, from the city’s Julio Buitrago area, said he noticed a fire in the room where his children were.
He tried desperately to get in but flames blocked the way and son Jordan Caleb Obando Soto and daughter Alessandra Adelaid Obando Soto perished in the inferno.
Obando battled with neighbours to get into the room by dismantling the zinc roofing and said he found his son covering his sister to protect her from the blaze.
The dad said: “The boy was covering his sister when I went in to save my kids.
“The boy was hugging this girl, he was over her.
“He threw himself over her because he knew something was going to happen.
‘HE PROTECTED HER’
“He protected her. He only survived three hours, my Jordan.
“My girl, thanks to him, survived until 3.40 am.
“I would like him to be applauded.”
Local reports said the kids were pulled through the roof of the house by neighbours and taken to the Antonio Lenin Fonseca Hospital.
The doctor who attended to the children, Julian Corea, said that the boy arrived at the hospital with burns to 100 percent of his body.
His little sister had burns to 98 percent of her body.
The Health Ministry said that the boy died on the night of the fire, and the girl, who had a hope of surviving, finally died last night.
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Rosario Murillo, the Vice-President of Nicaragua, said a “a tablet connected to the mains overheated and caused the fire that cost the life of the two kids.”
According to the General Direction of Firefighters, a team of firefighters went to the scene but the children had already been taken out of the burning room.
The children’s funeral was well-attended after their death shocked the country.
