A fully loaded petrol tanker on Thursday lost control and rammed into the block of shops and thereafter burst into flames in Apata area of Ibadan, Oyo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident happened at Apata Junction opposite Oando Filling Station, destroying many houses...
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A fire outbreak that started around 2am on Monday razed two blocks of shops at the Kano Street section of the Main Market in Onitsha, Anambra State. Although the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, the Anambra State Fire Service has since deployed its men to...
The NTA Park, a popular motor park in Jos, has been gutted by fire. Mr Matthew Edogbonya, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Federal Fire Service in Plateau, was unavailable to comment on the matter as he said to be engaged at the scene of the fire. A...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – At least three persons have lost their lives while over 100 temporary shops have been destroyed in Badume Market fire outbreak in Bichi LGA of Kano State. The incident happened in the early hours of Friday, at exactly 3: 30 AM. The spokesman of...
The Acting Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mrs Forosola Oloyede on Saturday, announced further shutdown of additional section of Eko Bridge to avert disaster. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Oloyede had on Friday night, informed the public of damage to the Ijora Olopa section...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says that about 1,200 artisans who specialise in assorted fabric making have been rendered jobless by the inferno that engulfed the Tejuosho Market on Tuesday. The Director-General, NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed, said this in a post-disaster loss and needs assessment report on Wednesday...
A fire outbreak has gutted the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) building in Yaba area of Lagos State in the early hours of Wednesday. According to reports, the cause of the fire which started at about 6.50 am, was yet to be ascertained as of 7.15 am. The fire...
By PETER OJOMA, Lokoja – Dangote Group has debunked the reports making the rounds in the media alleging that it’s responsible for the fire outbreak at the Kogi State House of Assembly in the early hours of Monday. The Group Head Branding and Communications, Dangote Industries Ltd., Anthony Chiejina...
Mrs Olumayowa Olomola, Commanding Officer, Calabar Command of the Federal Fire Service, has confirmed the fire incident that occurred inside the Cross River Government House. Olomola who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said that the fire started from an electrical spark from a generator...
The number of victims of wildfires in Algeria has risen to 26 from eight reported earlier, the Interior Minister said. The wildfires are burning in mountainous areas east of Algeria and the victims were from the provinces of Al Taref and Setif. Firefighters and helicopters were still trying to...
Goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed in a fire outbreak that razed part of the shopping complex on Ligali Ayorinde Street in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the inferno started in the early hours of Wednesday in one of the shops...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Properties worth several millions of Naira have been destroyed following a fire incident that gutted 42 shops at the Student Center at the Yelwa Campus of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi on Wednesday. The shops on block D which were destroyed included –...
Eleven newborn babies have died in a hospital fire in the western city of Tivaouane in Senegal, the country’s president has said. The fire at Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh Hospital was in the maternity department, President Macky Sall tweeted. Initial reports suggest the fire was caused by a...
Eight people died, including six children, when a fire ripped through a poor community in the Philippines capital of Manila on Monday and destroyed 80 houses, a fire official said. Another three people were injured in the blaze which started around 5:00 am (2100 GMT) on the second floor...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos- The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) which was founded by Late TB Joshua has confirmed a fire outbreak that occurred at its old site in Agodo area of Egbe, in Ikotun-Egbe axis of Lagos State, on Wednesday. The SCOAN also urged members and friends...
Fire has destroyed the tomb shelter of the late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Joshua, in the Agodo area of Ikotun, Lagos State. It was learnt that the fire started around 6.30pm on Wednesday. A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity told the...
The Imo Government has commiserated with families of victims of the fire outbreak that killed over 100 people at an illegal oil bunkering site in the state on Friday night. In a phone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Owerri, the state Commissioner for...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed in an early morning fire outbreak on Wednesday which razed some shops at the popular Apongbon Under Bridge Market in Lagos. The cause of the fire outbreak is still unknown but the National Emergency Management Agency...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – No fewer than four hundred and fifty thatch and leather tents were destroyed by fire outbreak at Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) designated IDPs Camp in Mafa LGA of Borno State. The fire outbreak also destroyed the IDPs properties including foodstuffs and other valuable...