Goods worth millions of naira was on Thursday destroyed after an inferno razed a popular Kara market in Edo state, destroying over 200 stores. According to reports, the fire, which emanated from an electric fault in one of the restaurants at about 9am, razed down the restaurants and all other shops around. Kara market is […]
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An oil farm was on Wednesday gutted by fire in the Ijegun area of Lagos. The Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Mr Rasak Fadipe, said on Wednesday that there was no casualty in the fire incident that gutted a tank farm at Ijegun Ibasa in the Ojoo Local Government Area of Lagos. Fadipe said that […]
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A house belonging to the deputy governor of Imo State, Eze Madumare, was reportedly razed by fire on Thursday in Owerri. It was gathered that two companies, Choco Foods in Mbaitoli, and G-Towers Hotel, Port Harcourt Road, were gutted by fire same day. The Police Public Relations Officer, Andrew Enwerem, said no life was lost […]
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An early morning fire on Monday destroyed 36 houses, 46 silos and killed 40 goats and sheep in Abanderi village of Dutse Local Government Area, Jigawa, the police confirmed. Abdu Jinjiri, the spokesman for the Police Command in Jigawa, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Dutse. Jinjiri said the fire, which started at about 5 […]
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Second Coming gas station in the Magodo area of Lagos exploded on Monday resulting in an inferno. At least 10 persons died in the inferno, according to Channels Television. The inferno, which was triggered by a spark from a car at the station, has already spread to surrounding buildings. Operatives of the Lagos State Fire […]
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More than 300 persons on Saturday were rendered homeless in Yenagoa, Bayelsa, after fire gutted a neighbourhood in Ekeki suburb of the Bayelsa capital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learns that the inferno, which occurred at about 2a.m. on this morning, also destroyed valuables worth millions of naira. The cause of the fire has […]
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There was pandemonium on Thursday, as a heavy explosion rocked the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline criss-crossing the Ugbokodo community near the Warri refinery in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State. The incident, which sources said occurred around 4am, forced residents of the community to scamper for safety in the bushes when they discovered that the inferno […]
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A small fire broke out on the roof of Trump Tower on Monday morning, officials said. Smoke was seen billowing off the top of the Manhattan skyscraper, carrying for several blocks. Firefighters were called to the Fifth Avenue skyscraper, located at East 56thSt., at about 7:20 Monday morning. The blaze appeared to break out in […]
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Two people have been confirmed dead after a petrol tanker exploded in a filling station in Jos. It was revealed that four vehicles and four petrol tankers also caught fire. The inferno started inside the filling station along Ring-Bauchi Road in Jos North local government at weekend around 10pm when the filling station workers were […]
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Not less than 20 vehicles and four commercial motorcycles were, on Wednesday afternoon, burnt when a tanker laden with petrol fell and spilled its content on the Festac Link Bridge in Awuwo Odofin LGA of Lagos State. The fire started at noon and raged for about an hour. Fire fighters arrived at the scene about […]
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