Tragedy has struck in immense proportions as a wild inferno has reportedly gutted a warehouse along Wempco Road, Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos State on Thursday. Property worth millions of Naira was lost. There was however no human casualty. Firefighters from the Lagos State Fire Service have been
Director-General of the Lagos state Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, has said that eight shops were destroyed by a fire outbreak in Apongbon Under Bridge Market in Lagos on Sunday. Oke-Osanyintolu made this known at the scene of the fire incident in Apongbon, Lagos. According to him, upon arrival of the LASEMA response […]
The Kaduna State Fire Service says it recorded 87 fire outbreaks and seven deaths in January 2020. Mr Paul Aboi, Director of the service made this known on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna. READ ALSO: Kaduna Polytechnic to create 15 new departments to enhance academic excellence Aboi […]
Akwa Ibom state has donated relief materials to victims of the fire outbreak which occurred early this at the Yoruba fishing settlement in Iwokpom community in Ibeno Local Government Area of the state. Presenting the relief materials at the weekend, the state Deputy Governor, Moses Ekpo expressed his sympathy to victims who lost their valuable […]
The only surviving child in the fire outbreak among the three brothers in Sapele town in Delta State in the early hours of Wednesday has died. This was confirmed by the state Director, Delta State Emergency Management Agency, Karo Ovemeso, who spoke to journalists in Asaba, saying that the only surviving child among the three […]
There has been a report of fire out break at First Bank Plc bank along new market area of main market, Onitsha, Anambra State. The fire reportedly started at security office of the bank and has already burnt Hilux van belonging the bank. The cause of the inferno, and casualties couldn’t be ascertained at this […]
A Ghanaian man identified as John Kwame Atta Owusu, whose wife and three children perished in a fire outbreak in Finland, says he completely went dumb for 3 hours after hearing the heartbreaking news. His wife, Nana Ago Prah and three children all died in the early hours of Friday, December 9, 2016, when their […]
Disturbed by the fire incident that engulfed the female Bakassi Hostel of Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech), yesterday, the management of the institution has suspended the scheduled examinations and all forms of academic activities to enable it address the situation The fire outbreak, according to sources started at the early hours of yesterday at one […]
There is a fire outbreak at a building on Bread Fruit in Balogun Market. The fire was said to have started from a building used as a warehouse and the cause of the fire is yet to be determined. Men of the Fire service are still trying to put out the fire. Balogun market […]
Italy has cancelled dozens of flights to and from its busiest airport – Fiumicino in Rome – after a fire gutted part of its international terminal. The airport was closed for several hours but officials are working to get it fully operational again. The overnight blaze – now extinguished – gutted a shopping area at […]
Over 20 households have been rendered homeless and few others displaced following a fire outbreak that gutted a 17-room residential building, situated at No.13, Awolowo Street, very close to fire service office, in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. Also properties worth millions of naira, which include eight shops of different kinds attached to the building were destroyed […]
A fire outbreak occurred on Wednesday morning and destroyed properties worth millions of naira at Mamman Kontagora House, Marina, in Lagos Island. The inferno, an eye witness said started at about 8:30am on Wednesday morning and the shout of fire, fire, rented the air as people ran helter skelter for safety. According to the witness, […]
Barely 10 weeks after two separate fires swept through the famous Balogun Market on Lagos Island, another fire disaster came calling in the early hours of yesterday. GBUBEMI GOD’S COVENANT SNR was there and reports. While the nation waited for INEC Chairman, Professor Atahiru Jega to formally declare the winner of the 2015 Presidential election […]
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has commenced investigations into the fire incident that caused a stir among travelers and others at the “E” arrival wing of the International terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 1.13pm Wednesday. The smoke was quickly traced to some offices at the E wing on […]
There was a serious fire outbreak in the early hours of today at beach, Ikorodu area of Lagos which destroyed valuables and one person was confirmed dead. Daily Times learnt that the fire was said to have emanated from a tanker loaded with petrol on climbing the hill at beach, Ikorodu area lost control and […]
The popular Mile 12 Market is on fire and there are calls to the Lagos State Fire Services to rescue the market from been razed down.Details later.