The death toll from central Chile’s blazing wildfires jumped to at least 99 people on Sunday, after President Gabriel Boric warned the number would rise “significantly” as teams search gutted neighborhoods. Responders continued to battle fires in the coastal tourist region of Valparaiso amid an intense...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Fire has gutted the academic complex of SteadyFlow College Of Education Akparabong Community, Ikom LGA of Cross River State, destroying academic facilities worth millions of naira. No one knows the cause of the fire, but speculations among the community residents is that the...
Seven family members have died following fire outbreak near Tudun Wada Juma’at Mosque in Kano, an official of Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullah, has said. Abdullahi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Kano that the incident, which occurred on Sunday night, affected...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Fire has destroyed a mechanic workshop situated along Onitsha-Enugu Expressway, opposite Building Materials International Market in Ogidi, Anambra. The Director, Anambra Fire Service, Mr Martin Agbili, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in Onitsha. According to him, at about 4:30...
The Enugu State Government has trained 21 fire officers on operational strategies and use of modern fire-fighting equipment to stem fire outbreaks and prevent its attendant losses. The fire officers went through fire-fighting drills on modern equipment handling and maintenance, life resuscitation and first aid, safety during...
The Kaduna State Fire Service has said bush burning was responsible for the fire incident at the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) in Kaduna. Assistant Commandant of the service, Ayuba Yohanna, made the confirmation on Sunday in a phone conversation with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
At least 25 people died in a fire on Thursday in the building of a coal mining company in the northwest Chinese province of Shanxi, Chinese news agency, Xinhua reports. More than 60 people were evacuated during the rescue efforts, which were still underway. The exact cause of...
Two Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have died and more than 1,000 houses burnt when fire swept through Muna Alamdari IDP camp in Maiduguri. The fire began at about 6am and lasted for over an hour before it was brought under control by fire service personnel. The Director General...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A fire outbreak has gutted the famous Gamboru Market in Maidugiri, the Borno State’s capital on Sunday morning. The cause of the fire outbreak is yet unknown but vigilante groups including the CJTF and residents were seen making frantic efforts to put off...
Shop owners lost goods estimated at N30 million to Friday’s fire outbreak at Oja-Tuntun Market in Ile-Ife, Osun, Mr Adeyinmi Adeleye of the Oyo State Fire Service said on Saturday. Adeleye told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ile-Ife that the fire began from an electrical power...
The Canadian High Commission in Abuja, on Tuesday suspended operations after a fire incident at the commission on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that no staff except security personnel were seen at the high commission, situated at 13010G, Palm Close, Diplomatic Drive, in the Central...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Abuja – About 7 shops have been gutted by fire inferno that left properties worth millions of naira destroyed at the Tamma, a suburb near the Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa, in Nasarawa State capital. The inferno which began at about 3am yesterday Saturday, continued till the following...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Police in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday said relevant authorities have begun investigation into the cause of the fire outbreak at the Supreme Court in Abuja. The spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a...
The Federal Fire Service (FFS) has successfully put out the fire that touched a part of the premises of the Supreme Court Complex on Monday. Mr Abram Paul, spokesperson of the FFS, told the the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja that the fire...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – A fire outbreak has razed some section of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), located in Ikeja, Lagos. The incident which occured on Wednesday morning, caused chaos as thick fumes ascended the airport’s airspace. It was gathered that the cause of the...
A fire outbreak has destroyed no fewer than 14 shelves in Yola Market. The Director, Adamawa Fire Service, Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu confirmed the fire outbreak to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Tuesday. Alhaji Adamu said the incident happened on Monday night at...
Fire engulfed a one-storey building consisting of 12 rooms and six shops on Wednesday, destroying valuable property at Bolumole in the Oyinloye street area of Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the fire started from one of the upper rooms of the...
The death toll due to wildfires in Algeria has reached 34 people amid a heat wave roiling North African countries. The Interior Ministry said 24 civilians and 10 soldiers were killed due to the fires. Some 8,000 members of the civil defence were deployed to help people and put...
Flights to and from Catania airport in southern Italy were suspended as firefighters fought a blaze on Sunday night. Sac, the company that manages the Vincenzo Bellini international airport, said that flights would be suspended until at least 8 am (0600 GMT) on Mondaydue to a “fire which developed...
Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River has donated N10 million to traders whose stores were gutted by fire at the Bogobiri area of Calabar. The governor made the donation when he visited the scene of the incident on Monday in company of his deputy, Mr Peter Odey and Mr...