Liberia, Feb. 8 -- Senator Saah Harding Joseph was swiftly transported to St. Joseph's Catholic Hospital following a harrowing ordeal when his residence in Congo Town became engulfed in flames in the early hours of Thursday morning.

By Gerald C. Koinyeneh - gerald.koinyeneh@frontpageafricaonline.com

Eyewitnesses, speaking to Spoon FM/TV shortly after the incident, recounted that the fire erupted around midnight, presumably triggered by the activation of LEC power. Upon arrival at the scene, they found the entire house ablaze, with Senator Joseph and other occupants trapped inside.

"I woke up around 1 this morning, hearing people shouting 'fire, fire,'" said Samuel Henries, one of the rescuers. "When we arrived, we could hear cries for ...