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Kano Fire Service records 222 fire incidents in 3 months

Robert Imoh — Mon, 13 May 2024 10:29:45 +0000

The Kano State Fire Service has said it recorded 222 fire incidents in different parts of the state between January and March. The Public Relations Officer of the fire service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, told the Newsmen in Kano, on Monday, that the recorded cases affected residential houses, shops and fuel stations. Abdullahi said that 16 […]

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Fire razes perfume, wig shops in Onitsha

Gbemi Banks — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 13:15:27 +0000

An early morning fire on Monday razed many perfume, ladies wares, cosmetics and wig shops on Kano street near Onitsha main market in Anambra. The fire, which was said to have started at about 2a. m., destroyed items and properties worth millions of naira. Mr Martin Agbili, the state Director of Fire Service, however, said […]

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Fire guts seven vehicles along Lagos-Badagry expressway

Femi Adewale — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 20:31:23 +0000

A petrol tanker spilled its content along the Lagos-Badagry road between Barracks and Onireke in Ojo Local Government area of Lagos in the early hours of Tuesday causing a fire outbreak that consumed seven vehicles. The inferno, which began about 5a.m., destroyed the contents of a Mack trailer conveying crates of drinks from Intercontinental Breweries. […]

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Fire kills final year student in Daura

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 15:06:48 +0000

A final year student was killed by a mysterious fire that razed down a students’ hostel at the Federal Government College, Daura, Katsina State, on Friday. According to Malam Isyaku Manir, the Daura Zonal Fire Officer, the fire, which started at 10.15 a.m., raged on for three hours and reduced the entire structure to ashes. […]

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Fire kills triplets, brother in Jigawa

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 10:12:09 +0000

A fire outbreak has killed triplets and their brother in Hadejia, Jigawa State, according to the spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the state, Mr Adamu Shehu. Shehu said on Monday that the fire was caused by a spark from an electric appliance. He gave the names of the triplets […]

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Fire at Federal Ministry of Health headquarters, Abuja

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 21:03:06 +0000

A minor fire has been reported at the Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, following electric spark on Saturday morning. According to Mrs Boade Akinola, the Director, Media and Public Relations, in the ministry, a private security outfit in charge of the premises contacted the fire service which responded immediately to put off the fire. There was […]

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Death toll in London Tower Block fire rises to 79

Freedom Reporter — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 14:45:52 +0000

Police said on Monday that the death toll in the fire that ravaged a London tower block on June 14, has risen to 79. Fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower, a social housing block in west London, in the early hours of June 14 and spread with terrifying speed, tearing through the building […]

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Family of three die in fire outbreak in Adamawa

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 15:59:22 +0000

The Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA) has confirmed the death of three persons of one family in a midnight fire. Alhaji Haruna Furo, the Executive Secretary of the agency, said in Yola on Friday that the incident occurred at Kwalinga Ward in Numan Local Government Area of the state. Furo said that the agency […]

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Man sets family house on fire, kills five

Femi Adewale — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 21:41:06 +0000

Police in Oyo state have arrested a man who allegedly set his family house on fire, while the occupants were asleep. Five members of the family, four of them children, including an eight month old baby, died. The incident happened in Budo Alaka village in Kisi area of Oyo State around 2.35 a.m on Sunday. […]

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Harmattan: Lagos records 40 fire incidents at weekend

Femi Adewale — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 21:12:27 +0000

About 40 fire incidents were recorded in various parts of Lagos State at the weekend, Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations, Mr Seye Oladejo, has said. Oladejo disclosed this on Sunday at the scene of fire outbreak at a plastic factory in Oshodi. No life was lost in the fire which started at the […]

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Fire kills two, razes filling station, shops in Ogun

Femi Adewale — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 19:12:33 +0000

Two people were feared dead and several others injured on Thursday as fire razed a filling station at Adigbe area of Abeokuta in Ogun State. Mr Akinwande Aboluwaye, the State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), told newsmen that the incident started about 11.30 a.m. According to him, the fire was […]

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Jealous wife burns hubby’s official documents over adulterous acts

Femi Adewale — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 19:16:43 +0000

A 36-year-old woman, Ifeyinwa Nlemchi,who allegedly burnt her husband’s official documents to protest his adulterous acts, was on Monday hauled up before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The accused, who resides at No. 45, Church St., Fiwakesin, Agebde in Ikorodu, Lagos State, is standing trial on a two-count charge bordering on malicious damage. […]

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Ex-Plateau gov’s ADC, two daughters, son killed in Jos fire

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 12:49:55 +0000

Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to former Governor Fidelis Tapgun of Plateau State, ASP Anthony Kwame (rtd), was on Monday morning killed in an inferno that gutted his residence in the Jenta-Adamu neighbourhood of Jos. Also killed along with the retired police officer were his two daughters, Theresa and Kerry, and son, Emmanuel. According to Mr Terna […]

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Petrol tanker explodes in Lagos

Freedom Reporter — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 19:53:53 +0000

On Monday, a petrol laden tanker exploded at Cele Bus-Stop, Oshodi/Apapa Expressway, Lagos, causing a gridlock.

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Fire razes shops at Sabon Gari Market, Kano

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 19:31:13 +0000

An early morning inferno on Saturday destroyed shops at Sabon-Gari Market, Kano. This is the second fire incident in the last four months with the first destroying hundreds of shops and property worth billions of Naira. Eyewitness said the fire, which affected shops belonging to meat, fish and vegetables sellers, started around 5 a.m. […]

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