The Mothers Day national holiday on Monday was meant to be a joyous one.
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For the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa at Satapuala, that was the case until mid-morning when a fire ripped through the house of their pastor.
The inferno quickly consumed the top floor of the two-storey building, destroying everything.
The incident occurred at around 11am. According to a member of the Church, the Pastor and his wife were preparing for the Malua Annual Conference when disaster struck.
The Pastor’s wife apparently was on her way to Malua while her husband was at home waiting for her.
“The pastor lost everything,” the church member said. “Their clothes, valuable possessions and everything they had prepared for the Fono at Malua were consumed by the fire.”
It was not possible to get a comment from the Pastor and his wife yesterday.
But a member of the congregation said the church members have quickly come together to help their spiritual parents, to ensure they are well looked after at Malua. He estimated the damage to be about half a million tala.
“The most important part is that no one was injured,” he said. “We suspect that the fire may have been started by an electrical fault.”
Attempts to get a comment from the Fire Commissioner, Fa’afouina Mupo, were unsuccessful yesterday.
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