A devastating fire has destroyed properties worth millions of naira at the well-known rice mill market in Wurukum, near the River Benue Bridge in Makurdi. The fire erupted in the early hours of Monday, prompting a swift response from firefighters…
…as Oyo Govt orders full enumeration, verification of victims Victims of Tuesday’s fire incident at Alesinloye Market, Ibadan, have clarified that about 90 people, and not 500 as reported in a section of the media, were affected by the incident.…
Osun State has recorded a staggering property loss of ¦ 15.3 billion due to fire outbreaks in the past year, according to the annual fire incident report from the Osun State Fire Service. The report, obtained on Friday in Osogbo,…
The Senate has launched an urgent intervention following a catastrophic fire outbreak and oil spillage from Manifold Well 8/BUG 008 in OML 18, located in Bukuma (Agum), Rivers. The incident has caused severe environmental damage, displaced families, and sparked health…
Tragedy was averted on New Year’s Eve as firefighters contained two separate fire incidents in Lagos State. A three-storey building at the Docemo Market area of Lagos Island caught fire, while a 33,000-litre diesel tanker ignited at a hotel near…
An inferno has destroyed an undisclosed number of shops at the popular Masaka Market in the Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, with goods worth millions of naira going up in flames. The incident, according to an eyewitness, started…
A newly built petroleum station in Ibadan has been razed by fire. Newsmen reports that the petroleum station belonging to BOVAS was razed Monday evening. It was learnt that the incident occured during the unloading of petrol from a tanker.…
At least six people were feared dead, and more than two dozen others were injured when a fire broke out at a private hospital in southern India. It was gathered that building fires are common in India due to a…
A fire outbreak killed no fewer than six people, leaving 60 injured at a retirement home in Jordan’s capital, Amman. Social Development Minister, Wafa Bani Mustafa, was quoted as saying that the inferno broke out on the first floor of…
A fire outbreak on Monday killed an 18-year-old boy at Sayi area of Alore in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The incident was said to have occurred at about 1:30am in the early hours of Monday. A government official confirmed…
