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  • Sad! Fire razes isolation centre killing 10 COVID-19 patients

    Sad! Fire razes isolation centre killing 10 COVID-19 patients

    There was a fire outbreak on Sunday morning at a Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) isolation centre in India that left 10 COVID-19 patients dead.

    Ten other COVID-19 patients were injured in the tragedy that happened in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijaywada hotel that was converted into a COVID-19 care centre.

    The cause of fire was yet to be ascertained at the time of filing this report, but it was said the fire outbreak might have been as a result of a short circuit.

    The surviving COVID-19 patients have been shifted to another hospital, Zee News reported.

    “The hotel was taken on lease and run by Ramesh Hospitals, a private hospital where COVID-19 patients were being treated. 40 patients & 10 medical staff were at the hotel at the time of the incident,” Andhra Pradesh Home Minister said.

    Andhra Pradesh government has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 50 lakh each to every deceased family.

    President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday condoled families, who lost members in the fire.

    “Struck with grief after hearing tragic news about COVID-19 care centre in Vijayawada where an accidental fire caused loss of lives. My thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families. I wish speedy recovery for the injured,” the President tweeted.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Union Minister Amit Shah have also expressed grief over the incident.

  • No fire outbreak in WAEC headquarters, Abuja, says spokesperson

    No fire outbreak in WAEC headquarters, Abuja, says spokesperson

    The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has described as false, the rumour being peddled by some online media that there was a fire outbreak at WAEC Headquarters in Abuja.

    The Council in a statement by its Head of Public Affairs, Demianus G. Ojijeogu on Thursday clarified that, there was no fire incident at WAEC headquarters or any WAEC office in Nigeria.

    “We hereby categorically state that there was no fire incident at WAEC Headquarters or any WAEC office in Nigeria, for that matter.

    “The publication is false and it is the handiwork of mischief-makers who are out to misinform, mislead and confuse the candidates and members of the general public.

    ‘We wish to reassure all candidates, other stakeholders, and members of the general public that all our security materials are safe and intact. All are hereby advised to disregard the publication.”
    “We hereby categorically state that there was no fire incident at WAEC Headquarters or any WAEC office in Nigeria, for that matter.

    “The publication is false and it is the handiwork of mischief-makers who are out to misinform, mislead and confuse the candidates and members of the general public.

    ‘We wish to reassure all candidates, other stakeholders, and members of the general public that all our security materials are safe and intact. All are hereby advised to disregard the publication.”

  • [Video] Fire outbreak in Dugbe Market, Ibadan

    [Video] Fire outbreak in Dugbe Market, Ibadan

    Shops and building have been destroyed at Dugbe Alawo market, in Ibadan Oyo state, by a fire outbreak in the area.

    According to reports, goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed by the fire. The Oyo State Fire Service command has confirmed that their men are in the area.

  • Chevron Nigeria confirms fire outbreak on oil well, reiterates commitment to protecting people, environment

    American oil giants, Chevron has claimed ownership of the oil wells razed in Ondo State on Thursday.

    According to the oil company in a statement issued on Thursday, third-party interference was suspected to have allegedly tempered with its facilities.

    It said the affected facility is a joint venture with the Nigeria National Petroleum Company, NNPC in the Southern Senatorial District of Ondo State.

    The inferno was said to have spread to communities within the location of the oil wells.

    The statement signed by the company’s General Manager, Policy Government and Public Affairs, Esimaje Brikinn, assured that efforts were on towards quenching the fire.

    Read full statement below as obtained by TheNewsGuru (TNG).

    Chevron Reiterates its Commitment to Protecting People and the Environment

    Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the joint venture (JV) between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and CNL (NNPC/CNL JV) confirms that at about 10:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 18, 2019, a fire was observed at the Ojumole Well No. 1, an idle and plugged well with no flowline connected to it. Ojumole field is in NNPC/CNL JV’s Western Niger Delta area of operations.

    CNL conducted an overflight to evaluate the fire and also mobilized emergency responders to assess the site, contain the fire and boom the area. In addition, CNL notified community stakeholders about the incident and also reported it to the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) and other regulatory and security authorities.

    A Joint Investigation Visit (JIV) to the site of the incident on Saturday April 20, 2019, by a team made up of regulatory agencies, community stakeholders and CNL, determined that the fire incident was caused by third-party interference. There was no impact to any of the neighboring communities.

    CNL is currently working with contractors to safely put out the fire as quickly as possible.

    CNL remains committed to the safety of the communities and the environment in its areas of operation. We continue to conduct our operations safely, reliably and efficiently, with utmost consideration for protection of people and the environment.

    Esimaje Brikinn,

    General Manager, Policy Government & Public Affairs,

    Chevron Nigeria Limited

  • Breaking: Fire outbreak rages at Ecobank head office

    The corporate headquarters of Ecobank in Victoria Island, Lagos was on Tuesday morning engulfed by a fire outbreak.

    According to an eyewitness, the fire outbreak started at about 8:30AM as a result of a diesel tanker offloading products close to the bank’s electricity power generator that was in operation.

    TheNewsGuru reports the fire started from the generator house of the facility located on 21 Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island.

    The bank’s diesel tanker supplier was offloading diesel for the company when it caught fire ostensibly while the generating set was still on.

    “Officers of the Federal and Lagos State Fire Service are here. Everything is under control. We appreciate your concern,” the bank said.

  • Police investigate fire outbreak in Enugu timber market

    The Police Command in Enugu State has begun investigation into the fire outbreak in the Enugu Timber market which destroyed goods worth millions of Naira.

    The command’s Spokesman, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu that the command had already deployed a team of investigators to the scene of the incident to unravel the cause of the inferno.

    Amaraizu said the command had also deployed some police patrol teams from the Uwani Division to constantly patrol the market and its adjoining streets to ensure that hoodlums did not cause further loss.

    “The command has deployed patrol teams and a detachment of mobile policemen to the market to ensure that hoodlums and criminals do not wreak havoc on any stall in the market.

    “We are still continuing with our deployment of police personnel on ground and on patrol especially our patrol teams from Uwani Division and other nearby divisions,’’ he said.

    The spokesman assured traders not affected by the incident of the safety of their goods in the market.

    In a related development, the South-East Amalgamated Market Traders’ Association (SEAMATAS) has sympathised with the affected traders, their families and the Enugu State Government.

    The President-General of SEAMATAS, Chief Okwudili Ezenwankwo, told NAN that the union thanked God that no life was lost in the inferno.

    “We are saddened that this incident befell our members at this financially critical time.

    “SEAMATAS is appealing to Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to, as a matter of urgency, come to the aid of these traders and give them some palliatives,’’ Ezenwankwo said.

     

  • Breaking: Fire outbreak in National Assembly

    A section of the technical room of the National Assembly’s Senate wing is currently on fire.

    The technical room is located at the ground floor of the Assembly compound.

    Staff and other workers are currently leaving their offices to avoid being trapped as smoke fills up the walkways.

    Senators who were initially seated in the gallery area have also moved out.

    The cause of the fire is not yet known.

    Staff are making attempts to put out the fire with fire extinguishers.

    One staff member familiar with the technical room said the fire started at where air conditioners units serving the assembly are kept.

  • Fire outbreak renders 300 homeless in Yenagoa

    More than 300 persons on Saturday were rendered homeless in Yenagoa after fire gutted a neighbourhood in Ekeki suburb of the Bayelsa capital.

    TheNewsGuru learned that the inferno, which occurred at about 2 am this morning, also destroyed valuables worth millions of naira. The cause of the fire has not been ascertained.

    Residents of the affected area located behind the Ekeki Divisional Police Station said they lost to the fire, items such as generator sets, television sets, bales of fabrics, huge sums of money and phones, among others.

    However, no life was lost in the fire mishap.

    One of the residents, who gave his name simply as Nicholas, suspected that the fire might have been caused by a candle as there was no electricity supply when the incident occurred.

    He said that firemen who arrived at the scene in three vehicles stopped the fire from spreading to the Ekeki Police Station.

    “It happened this morning, some minutes to 2 am. We have not slept since then till now. Three fire-fighting vehicles came and stopped the fire. If not it could have entered the police station.

    “We don’t know what caused the fire. Whether it was candlelight, we don’t know. But it started with a little smoke coming out from someone’s house and a woman saw it, but she did not tell anybody.

    “We are over 300 people living here: families, husbands and wives and their children, we are over 300 here.

    “One woman lost N300,000 that some persons kept in her custody. Her husband’s money was N120,000. Everything got burnt, one kobo is not remaining,’’ Nicholas said.

    He appealed to the Bayelsa government and well-meaning organisations and individuals to come to their aid as they could not salvage their valuables.

     

  • Omoni Oboli escapes death, house catches fire

    Sensational Nollywood role interpreter, Omoni Oboli escaped a fire outbreak in her home earlier today. The filmmaker took to her Instagram page to recount how the air conditioning unit in her room caught fire and spread to other parts of her room.

     

    Recounting her testimony, she said: “This God is too good! Magnify the Lord with me my people! Still shook but I’m constantly in awe of my King! God loves me. Nobody can tell me otherwise!

     

    “Since after the series of incidences that happened earlier in the year, I sometimes have panic attacks so my darling ever dependable @tomesadeoye abandoned her room and has been sleeping in mine. I’ve been nursing a very bad cold for days so I took night nurse to enable sleep.

     

    Power went off at some point in the night and Tomi who usually can sleep in heat, got uncomfortable and couldn’t sleep. I on the other hand didn’t notice because I was in a drug induced sleep.

     

    “Around 5am, power came back on and Tomi happily fell asleep. She hadn’t slept for long when she started perceiving something, she opened her eyes to see the AC engulfed in flames. She screamed at me to wake up. I saw the flames and screamed ‘The blood of Jesus’. Ran into the bathroom to get water but I didn’t think I was fast enough, so I abandoned it cos I realized the AC is right by the door and if it gets any worse, I wouldn’t be able to leave the room.

     

    “I told Tomi to call the editor (I have an editing suite in my home and we are editing WOS so the editor moved in) she screamed his name and he came rushing upstairs. We all ran downstairs to get the fire extinguisher, couldn’t operate it and proceeded to turn off electricity from the circuit breaker. Tomi went back up and screamed that the fire was a lot worse.

     

    “Idris (the editor) and Paul (my gateman) started carrying buckets of water and soap upstairs. By this time, they couldn’t even get into the room because the fire was too much. They started pouring water from the door.

     

    I want to say that we definitely had angelic assistance because in less than 10 mins, they put out an electrical fire with water and soap! I know God sent His angels ?? ?

     

    “God has been too good to me this year! I’m so unworthy of His grace upon my life. I’m so unfaithful yet He remains faithful! I bow before your majesty my Father. All that I am, all I will ever be, I give to you Lord. Thank God for our lives. If we had woken up just 3 minutes after we did, we would not have been able to leave the room. #ChildOfGrace”

     

    READ AGAIN:Why I would act a sex scene- Omoni Oboli

     

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  • Fire outbreak at kuje prisons

    There was a fire outbreak at the Kuje Prisons, Abuja at about 4:30pm on Friday.

    It was gathered that the fire, which broke out at the prisons’ clinic, was immediately put out by the security personnel on duty.

    The Federal Capital Territory Prisons Command’s Spokesman, Humphrey Chukwuedo, said in a statement that no one was hurt, adding that inmates were not in the facility as of the time of the incident.

    “Although, the cause of the fire is not immediately known, it is suspected that the smoke may have emanated from faulty electrical equipment stored in an adjoining building used for teaching inmates handiwork,” he added.

    Chukwuedo said the detailed investigation had commenced as instructed by the Controller of Prisons, FCT command, S. Nwakuche.

    “The prison yard is calm and peaceful and everyone is going about their business,” he added.