Tag: fire
Policeman killed as Lagos burning building collapses
The six-storey building gutted by fire on Tuesday in Lagos Island has collapsed, killing a policeman at the scene.
Fire guts 2 multi-storey buildings in Lagos market
Fire on Tuesday gutted two multi-storey buildings at different locations in the ever-busy commercial city centre of Lagos Island destroying…
67-year-old imprisoned for setting N7.3m goods ablaze
An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday sentenced a 67-year-old man, Gabriel Mbah, to six months imprisonment for negligently…
Fire guts Abia hotel, property worth over N20m destroyed
A late evening fire on Sunday gutted the Tourist Hotel on No. 219 School Road, near the Enyimba International Football…
Fire guts TCN transformer in Edo
Fire on Sunday destroyed 150MVA transformer belonging to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) at the 330/132/33KVA substation along Sapele…
Man shoots colleague dead, sets himself on fire
The Ministry of Interior on Monday said a man has shot his colleague to death at a private hospital in…
Fire guts Makurdi market, 200 shops burnt
A raging fire has consumed a section of the main market in Markurdi, Benue State with about 200 shops destroyed…
Night fire razes 6 shops in Kano market
Six temporary shops were burnt down at Kofar Ruwa Market (Kasuwar ‘Yan Rodi) in Kano on Sunday night as fire…
Fire roasts 18 pupils in India
A massive fire broke out at a tuition class in India’s Western state of Gujarat on Friday killing 18 students,…
Fire guts Trans Forcados Pipeline in Delta
Fire has occurred at a spill site along the Trans Forcados Pipine within the Chanomi Creeks in Yeye community of…
Fire destroys 140 shelters in Borno IDPs camps
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says 140 shelters were destroyed by fire in two Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps…
Updated: Roof of Notre-Dame Cathedral collapses in massive fire (Videos)
A massive fire Monday afternoon has destroyed both the spire and the roof of the historic and iconic Notre Dame…
Iponri market on fire, 34 shops destroyed
More than 34 shops containing household goods worth millions of Naira were destroyed this evening when fire gutted the popular…
Tears as fire ravages Notre-Dame Cathedral
A colossal fire swept through the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on Monday, causing a spire to collapse and…
Panic in Trump’s White House after man set himself on fire
Secret Service agents rushed to secure President Donald Trump’s White House on Friday after an incident involving a man whose…