Eight people were also seriously wounded when the fire spread to areas that cooking gas was stored in.
Tragedy has struck Cameroon with at least 16 people dead after a devastating fire in a nightclub.
Eight people were also seriously wounded after flames erupted on the roof of Liv’s Nightclub Yaouba in Yaounde.
The blaze, in the capital’s Bastos neighbourhood, was caused by exploding fireworks, a government statement suggested.
The fire spread to areas that cooking gas was stored in at around 2.30am on Sunday.
Staff said they initially believed it was caused by a short circuit.
Around 100 people gathered outside the morgue of the military hospital yesterday waiting for news of loved ones, AFP reports.
‘I don’t have any information. I woke up this morning and they told me that my 38-year-old son is dead’, said one woman, who gave her name as Fidele.
Her daughter Claude said: ‘I was waiting for my brother and his friends yesterday evening, but they didn’t arrive.
‘And at around 7:00 am, I received a lot of phone calls asking whether my brother was dead or alive. So I came to the morgue and I identified his body.’
A security guard at the scene said ‘it happened very quickly’, adding ‘there are many victims’.
It comes as thousands flock to Cameroon as the nation plays to host to the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament.
President Paul Biya has called for calm and assured players and fans they are safe.
‘The tragedy, which was caused by the explosions from fireworks regularly used in these places, first consumed the ceiling of the building and then caused two strong explosions’, government spokesman Rene Emmanuel Sadi said.
He added: ‘We are still at the level of investigations to find out the names and nationalities of the dead and the wounded.’
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