According to reports, in the early hours of today Saturday 16th of November 2019, the Anambra state fire service received a distress call of a fire outbreak around some minutes past 3 am in the morning, the fire started in the priests residence of st Peter Claver Catholic church nnewichi Uruagu nnewi, in nnewi south local government of Anambra state. But before the arrival of the fire service men, the fire has destroyed the properties to some extent and a life was also lost which was believed to be the priest present in the room as at the time of the outbreak. The fire was put out to avoid further damages and the dead and the wounded taken to the hospital. As at the time of this report, there is no report yet from the Anambra state government or the Catholic diocese of nnewi concerning the incident.