Reports say several fatalities have been recorded following a tanker explosion at the Tafa axis along the Kaduna-Abuja federal highway. It was gathered that the explosion occurred after a tanker loaded with petroleum products and avoided a collision on the highway with a commercial Golf car, skidded off the highway. More to follow soon.
Casualties have been reported following a fire outbreak at an oil rig operated by Consolidated Oil, an indigenous oil firm at Akassa, Brass LGA of Bayelsa state. The exact cause of the inferno is still unknown. Update: the fire has been brought under control and put out. A statement from Consolidated Oil says the cause […]
A petrol tanker has fallen down and is currently on fire at Oluti, just before Alakija in Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos. The incident has caused a severe traffic tailback. More to follow
*Four new fire stations to be built The Lagos State government says it was able, through its emergency and safety response units, save properties estimated at N99.27 billion in the last one year, while an estimated N16.62 billion worth of property was lost to inferno within the same period. Commissioner for Special Duties and Inter-governmental […]
A fire incident which has tragically claimed one life, injured many others and destroyed property worth millions of naira, occurred in the early hours of Thursday in Ketu area of Lagos. According to the Public Affairs Officer of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Adebayo Kehinde, the unfortunate incident occurred in the early hours […]
Fire has razed one of the biggest markets in Jimeta, Yola, the Adamawa State capital. Witnesses say “the fire started after the market closed on Tuesday night and all traders had gone home leaving only the security guards.” Officials of the state fire service were already on the site trying to put out the fire […]
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has confirmed that fire incident at the Afam V power station. The fire its said completely destroyed TCNs protection and control equipment in its relay and control room. The incident which happened on Jan. 18, has constrained the evacuation of guaranteed 450MW generation by the station . The General […]
Goods worth Millions of Naira have been destroyed after a midnight fire gutted part of a popular GSM market in Maiduguri, According to multiple sources, the fire incident occurred on Friday night and continued to blaze till Saturday morning, burning about 14 shops and 40 adjoining stalls. Traders who had shops and stalls in the […]