The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday confirmed the death of one person, while three others sustained various degrees of burns in a petrol tanker explosion at a welder’s workshop in Amawbia area of Awka in Anambra. The FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Andrew Kumapayi, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria […]
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At least one person has been confirmed dead, following Saturday’s fire that gutted the Mgbuka Obosi Spare Parts Market in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), however, learnt that the deceased, identified simply as G.O.D and Chairman of Zone 11 in the market, did not die in the inferno. […]
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Dr Oke Osanyiolu, the Director General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), has confirmed that a building located at Kano Street, Ebute Metta, Lagos, destroying several other buildings. Dr Oke Osanyiolu, said that no casualties were recorded. In his words “Several shanties were gutted by fire as the cause could not be ascertained […]
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A group within the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Edo State, have called on Governor Godwin Obaseki to revisit the strange fire that gutted the State Ministry of Education in June 2013, during the administration of former Governor Adams Oshiomhole. Leader of the group, Baba Franco, said the call became necessary, following the failure of […]
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A developing story suggests that a pipeline along Ijegun axis of Satellite town has exploded, stirring panic within the vicinity, leaving many dead. Footages on social media capture the flames and people running helter-skelter in a bid to avoid being caught up in the flames. As of the time of filing this report, it was […]
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Five people have been confirmed injured following a gas explosion at a shopping mall in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Confirming the incident on Thursday, Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, said the explosion, which occurred in the Kitchen area of the mall, left five persons seriously injured. The police spokesman added that the victims […]
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The man who was filmed setting himself on fire near the White House has died in hospital after he suffered burns to 85%of his body. Arnav Gupta, 33, was filmed engulfed in flames in the Ellipse park, just south of the president’s Washington DC home on Wednesday. He burned for some seconds before Secret Service […]
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No fewer than 22 people are feared dead and 22 others injured in an explosion and fire near a chemical factory on Wednesday in a northern China region. The incident happened near Hebei Shenghua Chemical Co. in Zhangjiakou, a city some 200 kilometres (124 miles) northwest of Beijing that will host the 2022 Winter Olympics. […]
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Men of the Federal Fire Service, FFS, Wuse Zonal office on Monday, 19th November, 2018 successfully subdued inferno that almost razed down the Wuse 2 Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The fire fighters led by the Sector Commander, Melone Onyekachi, arrived the Wuse 2 office of the Commission when the […]
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It was a sad day for Brazil as the country’s 200-year-old history museum was gutted by fire in spite efforts by firefighters to douse the massive flames. Reports say the National Museum also known as Rio Museu Nacional, located in Rio de Janeiro, caught fire Sunday night after the building had closed for the day, […]
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