Fire has reduced a house and all property to ashes on Wednesday in Ndrudu area of Heiban County in Nuba Mountains.
The owner of the house said after she made cooked breakfast, she with her husband left for the garden without putting off the fire, Radio Voice of Peace reported.
The children say while they were away, they only saw the house on fire and called for help.
Keni Ngatu, nine-year-old girl said she saw their house burning when they were playing with her siblings and called neighbours to quench the fire, but was too late.