A massive fire ripped through Rio de Janeiro's treasured National Museum, one of Brazil's oldest, in what the nation's president says is a "tragic" loss of knowledge and heritage. Even before the embers had begun to cool early Monday, grief over the huge cultural loss had given way to anger at across-the-board budget cuts threatening…

Property worth millions of naira was destroyed on Thursday night by fire, which razed the residence of the immediate past Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Prof Michael Ibadin. The inferno, according to sources, was a result of power surge, which started late around 7pm, leaving a significant part of…

Fires raging for five days have destroyed more than 800 hectares (2,000 acres) of western Latvia, authorities said Sunday, with continuing extremely high temperatures hampering firefighters' efforts. Satellite images showed the fires have wiped out 170 acres of forest, 257 hectares of scrubland and nearly 400 hectares of peatland. A peat fire in the Courland…

Two persons suspected to be petrol station owners in Ogun State have died and another severely burnt in a pipeline explosion from a vandalised pipeline of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) at the Ogere expressway area of the state beside the water corporation. It was not clear what the victims were doing at the location…

Fire out break has razed First ECWA Church Complex in Gusau, Zamfara state, the Associate Pastor of the Church Mr Micah Liti has confirmed. Liti, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau on Monday, said the fire started around 1 a.m on Monday when the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) restored…

There was pandemonium in Kaduna yesterday morning when hundreds of angry youths set a police station ablaze in Narayi area of the state. The intervention by the state police command in deploying armed policemen to the troubled area saved the situation from escalating. Prior to the incident, the rampaging youth were said to have burnt…

Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Kabul and killed at least six people including a foreigner, sparking a 12-hour fight with security forces that left terrified guests scrambling to escape and parts of the building ablaze. People trapped at the top of the six-storey Intercontinental Hotel, on a hilltop overlooking the Afghan capital, could be…

An 83-year-old woman, Malama Sa’adatu Isyaku, was on Saturday killed by fire in Kwajala village of Dutse Local Government Area of Jigawa. DSP Abdu Jinjiri, the spokesman for the Police Command in Jigawa, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse. Jinjiri said the fire, which started at about 4:50 a.m,…

The technology industry is one of the fastest evolving industries in the world. Almost every new month sees a new invention and with the competition among producers, the inventions are as exquisite as they come. It can be quite thrilling to go down the lane of inventions. 1. FIRE - the earliest use of fire goes…

Residents of Agum-Bukuma community in Rivers State have raised the alarm over a fire incident in Eroton oil structure. The community’s youths President, Tonye Beresibo, said the facility had leaked for three days before it went up in flames on Saturday morning. He said the distress call became necessary to avert a spread of the…

The headquarters of National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Abuja has been gutted by fire on Friday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Director, Search and Rescue of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Sonny Ohemu, who led a team to inspect the scene, said the cause of…

No fewer than 20 vehicles and four commercial motorcycles were on Wednesday afternoon burnt when a tanker laden with petrol...