The police command in Kano State says the Divisional Police Office in Nasarawa Local Government Area has been gutted by fire. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Usaini Gumel, disclosed in Kano that the incident occurred in the early hours of Monday. “At about 05.45 a.m. the Divisional Police Continue Reading
By Rotimi Famakin Goods worth several millions of naira have been destroyed by a fire outbreak at Ogunpa Labaowo area of Agbokonjo, Ibadan. The fire outbreak which occurred in the early hour of today burnt items such as concrete mixers, mattresses, equipment engaged in automobile repair among others Narrating his ordeal to Radio Nigeria, […]Continue Reading
Two children, aged five and seven, have died in the South African city of Johannesburg after a fire broke out in a residential building where they had been left unattended and locked inside an apartment. The blaze, in the inner city area of Hillbrow, began on Wednesday afternoon. A reporter from South Africa’s Times Live […]Continue Reading
At least 20 children have died in a fire in the central Guyanese mining town of Mahdia, officials say. The fire broke out just after midnight on Monday, engulfing a secondary school dormitory and trapping students. Emergency services are struggling to contain the fire because of bad weather conditions, the government says. Several more people […]Continue Reading
Popular Agbeni market in Ibadan, Oyo State, has gone up in flames. Report says that the market was gutted by fire at about 04:30 am, on Sunday. When contacted on the phone, the state General Manager of Fire Services, Yemi Akinyemi, confirmed the incident to our correspondent. Akinyemi said, “The agency received the distress call […]Continue Reading
By Funmi Adekoya The Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has condoled with the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, over the fire incident that gutted a building apartment within the courtyard of the Palace Governor Adeleke in a statement by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, described the incident as unfortunate and prayed that […]Continue Reading
Araromi spare parts market in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital was in the early hours of Saturday gutted by fire. The market is one of the major markets in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. It was gathered that the fire incident, which started around 2 a.m, affected about forty-five shops. General Manager of Oyo State […]Continue Reading
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has sympathised with traders who lost properties in last Thursday’s petrol tanker fire, which rocked the Apata area of Ibadan. Governor Makinde, who led top government officials to inspect the scene of the fire disaster, said that his administration would immediately release the sum of N10 million to cushion the […]Continue Reading
The Office complex of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Ede South Local Government area of Osun State has been gutted by fire. The complex situated at Okeresi area of the Ede town was partly affected by the fire which reportedly started at about 10 o’clock this morning. One of the staff who did not […]Continue Reading
Four persons have been allegedly burnt to death while thirteen sustained injury during a traffic crash that occurred at Fidiwo around Ogunmakin along Lagos Ibadan expressway.The public Education officer ,Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun state command Mrs Florence Okpe in a statement explained that a Toyota Hiace Bus engaged in excessive speed and lost control, […]Continue Reading
Properties worth millions of naira have been destroyed by an early morning fire at a property on Barracks Road, Moniya, Ibadan. The fire incident which consumed four shops destroyed items such as herbs, automobile oil, clothing materials, kitchen utensils among others wares. Some of the affected shop owners, Mrs Adeola Lawal, Mrs Nafiast Olayiwola and Mrs Kafilat Continue Reading
Another Federal government project, the multi million naira National Primary Health Centre in Ikare Akoko the headquarters of Akoko northeast local government, Ondo has been razed by fire.According to residents, the incident occured through indiscriminate bush burning.They also alleged the federal government of abandoning the facility which was supposed to provide health Continue Reading
Oyo State Fire and Safety Services has stated that its men were able to promptly control the fire incident at the Soka, Ibadan home of Mr. Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho. A statement signed by the Agency’s Director of Operations, Mr. Adeleke Ismail indicates that the fire outbreak was reported to it at […]Continue Reading
Fire has razed a house in Igede Ekiti. The affected residence situated at No. 30A Ilamoye St Mogun Ujoko Igede Ekiti belonged to the family of Awolokun Ogunfowowe. The incident, which happened at about 11pm yesterday, did not spare anything in the house including a furniture shop owned by a young entrepreneur. Speaking with Progress […]Continue Reading
The largest market in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Oja Titun was in the earlyhours of today gutted by fire destroying goods worth millions ofnaira. Eye witnesses, including Mr. Lasis Adegbola explained that theincident which broke out at about 1am also destroyed building, shopsand other valuables. The men of the state fire service later intervened and put […]Continue Reading
Property worth millions of naira have been destroyed at Agbeni Market, Ibadan, following an overnight clash between suspected hoodlums. Radio Nigeria team, who visited the market this morning, reports that not less than five shops were set ablaze by the hoodlums. Two affected shop owners, Mrs Rofiat Yusuf and Engineer Ochide Izuchukwu, said they were […]Continue Reading
An early morning fire has razed a three-storey building housing an electronic store at Totoro area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The early morning fire incident, according to witnesses, was noticed around 7am, and it destroyed the millions of naira worth of property, including electronics, electrical appliances and other households gadgets. The cause of […]Continue Reading
A church volunteer has been rearrested in connection with a fire that devastated the cathedral in the French city of Nantes. A prosecutor quoted by Le Monde said the suspect – a Rwandan refugee who worked as a warden at the cathedral – had admitted causing the fire. His lawyer told another newspaper that the […]Continue Reading
A section of the World Trade Centre building located in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja was today gutted by fire. The fire started from the top of the skyscrapers building located in the Central Business District in the Territory. In an interview with the Public Relations Officer of the Federal Fire Service, DSF, Ugo Huan, […]Continue Reading
Lack of basic equipment and inadequate manpower have been highlighted as the bane of efficient firefighting services amid increasing fire incidence rates in the country. A cross-section of Nigerians who spoke on the development in Abeokuta, Ogun State advocated the need for partnership between the government and the private sector to improve firefighting services. Continue Reading
A fire outbreak has razed a section of the School of Nursing and Midwifery in Osogbo, the Osun state capital. Report says the incident destroyed property worth millions of Naira. According to the head of the school, the fire was a result of the carelessness of the students who were burning refuse but forgot to […]Continue Reading