At least 157 persons died in 1, 932 fire disasters and other emergency developments across Lagos State in the last 15 months. Commissioner for Home Affairs and Culture, Mr. Oyinlomo Danmole and Director of the Lagos State Fire Service, Mr. Rasak Fadipe made this known at the Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja, while rendering the account of […]
…Gov orders probe Properties and valuable documents worth millions of Naira were on Tuesday night allegedly destroyed by an inferno which gutted about 17 offices at headquarters of the Kwara Ministry of Energy, llorin. Eye witness account told our Correspondent in llorin that the fire incident which started at about eight o’clock in […]
There was panic at the Murtala Muhammed Airport access road on Wednesday, as a truck laden with fuel caught fire, causing traffic snarl for several hours. The incident occurred at about 4 pm. In the ensuing confusion, many passengers scheduled to travel through the new and old domestic terminals, as well as the international terminal, missed […]
Fire has razed down the Rivers state secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) located at Igboku Street, D/Line, Port-Harcourt. The fire, according to eye witnesses, started at 4:00am destroying the building and documents belonging to the union. Some persons around in the area have allegedly attributed the inferno to have ignited from an electrical […]
Two persons were confirmed dead in fire incidents in Adamawa in 2014. State Director, Fire Services, Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu disclosed this to newsmen in Yola on Monday. According to him, only 10 people and property worth N25 million were saved from fire disaster in the year under review. “In 2014, two persons were killed, while […]
Tragedy struck Odidi community, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, as oil-spill fire killed a woman and her three children. The incident, which happened on the Forcados Trunk line, belonging to the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), has thrown the entire riverine community into mourning. The midnight fire incident killed the mother […]
Barely a week to the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections, fire has razedthe offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at Nworie-Ubi in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State. The incident, which occurred early morning on Sunday and destroyed documents, including voting materials, was said to have been caused by unknown […]
Calvary Baptist Church in Osogbo,Osun State capital was on Thursday engulfed with fire, which resulted to the damage of valuable properties. It was gathered that the fire outbreak which occurred around 12am, emanated due to a damaged power surge. When our correspondent visited the church, a portion of the building had fallen to form shards. […]
The Ondo State Fire Service was established in 1976 as an agency under the supervision of the Ministry of Works. In this investigation, Daily Times Correspondent, ‘TOSIN AJUWON assesses the poor state of the fire service and why the state government needs to take urgent steps to improve the fire service. Iyabo Adelabu, a 35-year […]
A fire outbreak has engulfed the ASCON filling station on Admiralty way, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos. The incident which occurred on Thursday has spread to other areas near the facility. Meanwhile, the cause of the outbreak is yet to be known as at the time of fling this story but men of the fire service […]