Fire outbreak

Goods and property worth millions of naira were destroyed in a fire outbreak around Okwelle axis of Mile 2 in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. It was gathered that a female resident of the area failed to put out a lit candle, which later…

A fire outbreak at the Nigeria Army Depot, Zaria, Kaduna State, has destroyed parts of Block 15 of soldiers’ quarters at the depot. Capt. Abdu Arigu, Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Army Depot, Zaria, confirmed the…

One person was killed after a fire broke out on Saturday at a Moscow hospital treating patients infected with the new coronavirus, the authorities said. SEE ALSO: Two Feared Killed, Shops Burnt as Fallen Tanker Ignites Inferno in Ibadan…

A fire outbreak has occurred at Oando filling station, Obalende, Lagos. According to The Nation, the inferno which destroyed parts of a gas station took place near a BRT terminal. Read also: Police Arrest Suspect for Allegedly Poisoning…

No fewer than 14 IDPs were killed with 1,250 shelters destroyed in a fire outbreak in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State. Rep. Zainab Gimba, representing Bama/Ngala/Kalabalge…

Fire has engulfed the popular Lagos Airport Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos state. Firefighters and other operatives of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency(LASEMA) have been spotted at the scene of the inferno making commendable efforts to put…

Popular human rights activist, Reno Omokri has reacted to the news of a fire outbreak at the office of the Accountant General of the Federation in Abuja on Wednesday. Earlier on, a fire outbreak erupted at the office of the nation’s…

Reports claim that Maola Shopping Mall in the Ebute Ero Market at Idumota, Lagos State has been gutted by fire. The Herald gathered that the cause of the fire which affected shops 35 and 36 in the shopping mall, on Friday was unknown.…

According to reports, a fire has broken out in Aboju, close to FESTAC, Amuwo Odofin Local Government, Lagos State on Sunday. This is coming one week after no fewer than 23 people died in an explosion at Soba, Abule Ado area of FESTAC.…

Mallam Saliu Mustapha, a 2019 governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, has called on traders at the Owode market in Offa to adopt precautionary measures against fire outbreak. Mustapha made the call…

The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, Ibadan (IBEDC) power station, Ayede, located in Akinyemi, Ibadan is currently on fire. The cause of the fire and the extent of damage is yet to be ascertained as at the time of this report.…

The Enugu State Government, on Saturday, called on residents of the state to take precaution against fire outbreaks, during this dry season. SEE ALSO: 55 % of Nigerians have no access to electricity – Clean Tech The state Chief Fire…

Jubril Gawat, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Lagos State Governor on New Media, has revealed the cause of the fire outbreak at the popular Balogun market in the state Gawat said the fire started after someone, possibly a trader,…

Tragedy has struck Nnewi Community as Reverend Father Edmund Nwagbala lost his life following a fire outbreak that occurred in St Peter Claver Catholic Parish, Nnewi Ichi in Nnewi North LGA of Anambra State on Friday. Nnewi North is a …

The residents of Jebba by Okobaba Street, Lagos Mainland, have started seeking for help as one of the buildings on the street was engulf in inferno. The fire incident occurred on Friday, November 8, barely 48 hours after a building in…

Few weeks after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) allegedly accused the vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, of corruption, the adquarters of the Federal Inland Revenue Service in Abuja was on Monday, October 28, engulfed in flames.  A former…

Fire has occurred at a spill site along the Trans Forcados Pipine within the Chanomi Creeks in Yeye community of Burutu Local Government Area of Delta. Mr Sylvester Okoh, General Manager Community Relations, Heritage Energy Operational…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says 140 shelters were destroyed by fire in two Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps at Monguno Local Government Area of Borno. NEMA Northeast Information Officer, Malam Abdulkadir…

In the early hours of Sunday, a fire outbreak claimed the lives of at least six members of a family at their residence in Kano. The family who stayed around the Hausawa Quarters is said to have consisted of a husband, wife, three children,…

As many as 70 people died in a major fire that engulfed several buildings in a centuries-old neighborhood of the Bangladesh capital, a fire official said on Thursday, warning the toll could climb as fire fighters scour the rubble. Lax…

The headquarters of National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Abuja has been gutted by fire on Friday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Director, Search and Rescue of National Emergency…

Security operatives on Monday have sealed up the Asokoro residence of the embattled Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu and restricting movements around his residence before a fire outbreak gutted his home Sunday…