Nigeria, Feb. 16 -- Three siblings on Saturday lost their lives in an early morning inferno that engulfed their family house at Ugwu Cheleku Village, Okija in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State.

Police spokesman in the state, Haruna Mohammed, who confirmed the incident in a statement in Awka, said the fire also destroyed properties worth millions of naira.

He gave the names of the deceased children as Chimamkpam Aduhuba, aged 5 years, Munachimso Aduhuba, 2 and Kamsiyochi Aduhuba, 2 months old. They were the children of Chukwuma Aduhuba.

The fire outbreak, PREMIUM TIMES learnt, occurred around 2.00 a.m.

The police statement reads: "today February 15 at about 02:am, there was a fire outbreak at the resident of one Chukwuma Ad...