A family of nine is now homeless after their two bedroom house at Nauluvatu settlement along Reservoir Road in Suva was destroyed in a fire this morning.
House owner Camari Sovoli says she was preparing her three children for school when the fire started from her daughter’s bedroom.
Sovoli has lived in Nauluvatu with her husband and seven children for the last 13 years.
She says her husband was at work when the fire started.
The National Fire Authority is investigating the incident.
