Tag: fire
Tragedy: Mother, 2 sons die in Sokoto fire
A 42-year old mother, Mrs Blessing Arigi-Osakwe, lost her life on Sunday to injuries sustained while attempting to save her…
Fire kills 23 prisoners in Ethiopia
At least 23 inmates have died after a fire at an Ethiopian prison where anti-government protesters are reportedly being held,…
Fire guts multi-million naira centre, hospital in Ilesa
A fire outbreak on Thursday night destroyed goods and property worth millions of naira at Balm of Gilead Specialist Hospital…
Fire razes shops at Sabon Gari market Kano
An early morning fire on Saturday destroyed shops at Sabon-Gari Market, Kano. This is the second fire incident in the…
Breaking: INEC office on fire in Rivers
Nine days to the July 30 rerun election in Rivers State, the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…
Fire guts the popular GSM market in Kano
Fire has razed down no fewer than 44 shops at the popular Farm Centre GSM market in Kano metropolis on…
Fire guts MTN warehouse in Ogba, Ikeja
Abu Jimoh Mobile telecommunications giant, MTN’s warehouse located off Acme Road, Ogba, Lagos State, has been gutted by fire. The…
Fire destroys ICT equipment worth millions
Valuables worth millions of naira were destroyed by fire at the Florence Ajimobi ICT Centre in Ibadan, Oyo State. The…
Fire destroys 40 shops in Ladipo auto market
No fewer than 40 lock-up shops with different auto spare parts worth millions of naira were on Wednesday morning destroyed…
Kano: 2 feared dead in petrol tanker fire
Two persons were feared dead when a petrol tanker caught fire while offloading product at AA Rano Filling Station near…
Fire destroys more than 150 makeshift structures in Lagos
No less than 150 makeshift structures were gutted by fire that started late Friday night at Kano Street, Ebute-Meta area…
Fire destroys 50 shops in Ladipo market
No fewer than 50 shops were destroyed by fire on Wednesday at Ladipo Auto Spares Market, Mushin, Lagos. NAN reports…
Landlady sets tenant’s apartment ablaze to eject him
Cyriacus Izuekwe A landlady, Mrs Nike Azeez shocked the residents of Ijegun community in Lagos State western Nigeria, on Tuesday…
FG pledges to support to Kano fire victims
The Federal Government on Saturday pledged to assist victims of the Sabon Gari market fire disaster in Kano state. It…
Lagos fire burns father, 2 daughters, grandfather to death
Kazeem Ugbodaga A raging night fire has burnt a father, his two daughters and a grandfather to death in two…
Another market in Kano razed by fire
Another mid-night fire outbreak on Thursday gutted Gwarzo market in Gwarzo Local Government Area of Kano State, destroying property worth…
East China fire kills 6
Six people were killed after a fire ripped through a residential building in east China’s Anhui Province, local authorities said…
3,800 shops destroyed in Sabon Gari market inferno – NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Sunday that at least 3,800 shops were destroyed by Saturday’s fire incident…
KEDCO denies responsibility for Sabon Gari market fire
Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), has denied responsibility for the inferno at Sabon Gari Market in Kano. A statement signed…
Fire ruins Abubakar Rimi market in Kano
Huge fire overnight ravaged the Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi market, in Sabon Gari area of Kano. Many shops and properties worth…
Fire razes 100 houses, kills 2 in Kuramo
Kazeem Ugbodaga A serious fire outbreak at Kuramo Beach area of Lekki, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has burnt two persons to…
DIG Wakama spits fire ahead Rivers polls
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Deputy Inspector-General of Police (Operations), Sotonye Wakama, has declared that Nigeria Police Force would not spare anybody…
Fire guts Stanbic IBTC bank building in Lagos
A building housing Stanbic IBTC Bank at Abesan Gate, Ipaja, Lagos, caught fire on Thursday with properties worth millions of…
Fire guts Jos Central Mosque
Fire has gutted the female section of the Jos Central Mosque, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. Our correspondent,…
Two AAU buildings gutted by fire
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The departments of Civil Engineering and Philosophy in Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State, were Thursday night…
Fire kills mother, 7 children in Ebonyi
The Police in Ebonyi has confirmed the death of a mother and her seven children in an inferno on Saturday.…
Fire guts MRS filling station in Lagos
Fire on Thursday evening gutted an MRS filling station and two buildings in Lawanson, SuruLere Local Government Area, Lagos. The…
100 shops, 3 cars burnt in Ketu market fire
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least, 100 shops and three cars have been burnt in an early morning fire which engulfed Jakande…
Fire guts Railway Market, kills one, destroys 500 shops
Femi Adi/Kaduna Fire outbreak that razed down over 500 makeshift shops at Kaduna Railway Station Market in the early hours…
Fire guts Abuja NNPC mega station
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) mega station at the Central Business District in Abuja has been gutted by fire.…