24 Dec 2013

Fiji police looking for man after woman and daughter burnt in fire

4:48 pm on 24 December 2013

A 43-year-old woman and her eight-year-old daughter are in Lautoka hospital in Fiji after a fire that was allegedly lit as a result of a domestic dispute.

The police spokesperson Ana Naisoro says the woman has burns to 64 percent of her body while her daughter received 38 percent burns.

Fiji Village reports that fire authorities received a call yesterday morning, that the Natavora Water Bar and Restaurant was on fire, but when they arrived the building was fully engulfed in flames.

The police are trying to locate the 65-year-old husband and father of the pair.