More than 10, 000 homes, including many businesses are said to have been destroyed in the Los Angeles fire. So far, at least 11 lives have been reported lost in the incident. For some, it was a first look at the staggering reality of what was lost as the...
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Wildfires threatening Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people and devoured nearly 10,000 structures, with five fires burning into a third night on Thursday, as dry desert winds fanning the flames again gathered strength. The Palisades Fire between Santa Monica and Malibu on the city’s western flank and...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has rendered N60m, as financial assistance to traders and marketers affected by the December 5th fire incidence at the Lafia modern market. The Governor, announced the gesture during a meeting with the committee set up to investigate the extent...
An early morning fire on Wednesday , gutted some shops near the General Post Office at Ibokwu Street, by Old Market Road, Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the inferno destroyed goods and property, including equipment worth millions of naira. Mrs...
A fire incident has claimed the lives of a husband, his wife and their grandson which affected a storey building at Ori-Eru, Idikan area of Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fire incident occurred in the early hours of Friday. General Manager Oyo State Fire...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has described the death of a customs officer, SC Kabiru Tijani and his family in an inferno on Sunday in Ede as a painful loss. The fire outbreak at the customs officer’s resident located at Tijani Kabiru Road, Akankan...
A fire incident, which occured in the early hours of Monday, has razed shops and destroyed property worth millions of Naira at the Moniya Garage in Ibadan. The General Manager, Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Mr Yemi Akinyinka, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on...
Fire has razed a market in the popular Trademore Estate, located along Umar Musa Yar’Adua/Airport Road in Abuja, leaving residents in shock. The fire which allegedly started in the early hours of Monday, December 2, followed when the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company restored power. The cause of the fire...
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has said Idumota underbridge market at Ebute Ero area has been gutted by fire. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. Oke-Osanyintolu said LASEMA...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – A fire outbreak has destroyed Enyimba FM building, which also houses Rose and Legend FM stations, managed by Empau Communications Limited. It was gathered that the inferno, which began late evening on Saturday, started from the Enyimba TV section at about 9.30 pm and...
The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the death of four staffers in a fire accident that occurred on Sunday at a lounge and bar in Baale Road, Olodi Apapa area. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to journalists on Monday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that...
A man, simply identified as Obinna, has lost his life while sleeping in his apartment during a fire incident in the Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos State. The Lagos State Police Command spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has said that the state government would support rebuilding of the GSM village at Kpata in Lokoja ravaged by fire on Thursday to enable victims of the fire disaster have their sources of livelihood restored. Governor Ododo gave...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Fire gutted part of a three-storey building at the Lagos State Government Staff Quarters in Odunsanmi Street, off WEMPCO Road, Ogba area of the state. Tbe Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the fire outbreak in...
A female housemaid negligently set a four-bedroom flat of her employer on fire on Thursday in Ilorin. The incident was confirmed by a statement issued by Hassan Adekunle, Head of the Department of Media and Publicity, Kwara Fire Service. Adekunle said the maid was trying to light the...
A 12-tonne gas truck on Thursday, exploded at a Mobil filling station, opposite Airport Hotel, Allen junction, Lagos State, causing severe injuries on two persons. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has reported a fire incident on Akaso 4 Wellhead, operated by the NNPC 18 Operating Limited. Mrs Olaide Shonola, Head, Public Affairs and Corporate Communication, NUPRC made this known in a statement on Saturday. Shonola said that the NNPC 18 Operating...
A total of four buildings have collapsed due to the intensity of the fire that engulfed part of Dosunmu Market on Lagos Island on Tuesday. Lagos Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that 14 other buildings were...
Again fire has gutted the Gamboru market around the Custom area in Maiduguri, the Borno capital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on March 18, 2023 and Nov. 13,2023 fire gutted the market, which is the biggest perishable goods market in Maiduguri. Confirming the incident, the...
A 300-level student of the Department of Geography, Federal University, Gashua in Yobe State, has been killed in a fire incident at the female hostel of the school in Bade Local Government Area of the state. The Executive Secretary of the Yobe State Emergency Management Agency, Mohammed Goje,...