BY Alfred Kollie
In just less than a week, over two hundred people have been made homeless by both rainstorm and fire disasters in Liberia’s northwestern Lofa County.
Reports from there say people affected are in the provincial capital, Voinjama and Kolahun districts.
Since the inception of this year 2017, Lofa has suffered a number of natural and manmade disasters, which have left many homeless.
On Monday November 21, 2017 which was the market day in Kolahun, several structures including stores and shops burnt to arches following an outbreak of fire in what is known as the Monrovia parking.
Later on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 over fifteen houses were affected by heavy wind storm in a town Lawazu town.
Eyewitnesses told www.newspublictrust.com that the fire broke out early last Monday morning rendered several families homeless and destroyed properties valued thousands of United States dollars.
They said the cause of the fire is yet to be established by the Voinjama City fire fighters.
Reports have it that some victims are currently sleeping with family members, while others are sleeping in nearby churches, schools and are seeking refuge in open air.
Since the outbreak, they claim that there has been no intervention by local, international or humanitarian organizations, as the victims continue to cry for help.
Lofa County famously known as Liberia’s bread basket is located in the northwestern region of Liberia with many natural resources including diamond gold, minerals among others resources.
Lofa is blessed with a large rainforest, hills and the only yet to be exploited Wologizi Mountain and it is one of the highest producers of rice, palm oil, pepper and other agricultural produce.