A mysterious fire has destroyed houses in Barebari village in Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa, Alhaji Sani Yusuf, the Executive Secretary State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) confirmed. Yusuf said the cause of the fire, which lasted between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Tuesday, has yet to be ascertained. He told the News Agency…

Many persons including children yesterday morning sustained burnt injuries after Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol exploded at a restaurant in Lagos State. The incident occurred at about 8:00a.m. at the place called University of Amala along Ejigbo Road in Idimu area of the state. It was gathered that the owner of the restaurant,…

It was a black Saturday in Hausawa quarters in Kano metropolis, as a family of six choked to death in an early fire incident that razed their house. The tragic inferno, which occurred at no.39 Bawo Road, Hausawa quarters, was said to have burnt one Mr. Isaiah Jonathan, his wife and three children, including a…

A fire tore through a slum in southern Bangladesh on Sunday killing at least 9 people and destroying hundreds of shanty homes, police said. The blaze broke out in the port city of Chittagong at about 3.30am and raced through the district of bamboo, tin and tarpaulin homes, said local police chief Pranab Chowdhury. "At…

The Bauchi State Fire Service has said six persons lost their lives while 217 people were saved in various fire incidents across the 20 local government areas of the state. The agency’s spokesman, Abubakar Bala, gave this report of fire incidents that occurred between January to December 2018. He said property worth N427,530,000 were destroyed…

A truck loaded with 33,000 litres of petroleum product fell on Wednesday morning at Barracks Bus Stop, along the Mile 2/Badagry Expressway, Ojo, Lagos, spilling its content on the ground and triggering wildfire.] A yet to be ascertained number of persons, according to unconfirmed reports died in the unfortunate incident while scores of vehicles got…

The United African Company (UAC) building at Marina, Lagos Island was gutted by fire yesterday. According to eyewitness at the scene, the fire started around 12.pm from the 10th floor of the building. It was gathered that the fire shattered glasses and razed some property. First two fire service trucks that came to the scene…

The Gombe State Fire Service said on Friday that 20 people died and property valued at over N417.1 million were destroyed in fire disasters in the state from January to December 2018. Mr Wambai Haruna, a Deputy Director, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe. Haruna said that…

Hoodlums suspected to be arsonists in the early hours of yesterday burnt down no fewer than 30 shops and houses located along the popular Beere-Molete road in Ibadan, Oyo State capital.

Scores of corpses were gutted by a mysterious fire at the mortuary section of the General Hospital Enugwu -Ukwu in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred at about 5:40 p.m. on Saturday. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Haruna Mohammed, who confirmed the…

The Ebonyi Government and rice millers at the popular Abakaliki Rice Mill, have debunked reports that the entire mill was razed by fire which damaged several property. Chief Moses Nome, State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday that the news about the fire was mischievous. “The…

There was pandemonium, yesterday, afternoon close to the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, following a fire outbreak at the Forte Oil petrol station in the area. The inferno, which started around 2.10pm, saw people running for safety, thereby causing vehicular traffic jam on the roads within the airport. The station is located close to…