Tag: Fire
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Tragedy: 2 die in early morning accident in Akure
Tragedy struck at dawn on Wednesday in Akure, when a commercial motorcyclist conveying a passenger to the hospital crashed into a stationary truck resulting in the death of the two. The accident, which occurred at 5.45 a.m., on the Airport Road, Oba-Ile in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, later attracted motorists, commercial…
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BREAKING: Fire Razes Araromi spare parts market in Ibadan
Popular Araromi spare parts market in Ibadan, Oyo State’s capital, was destroyed by fire in the early hours of Saturday. The market is one of the most important in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. According to monitored reports, the fire, which began around 2 a.m., affected approximately forty-five (45) stores. The incident was confirmed…
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Fire guts Onitsha market, destroys 3 chemical shops
An early morning blaze on Saturday gutted Ose Main Market in Onitsha, Anambra, destroying three shops where drums of chemicals were stored. The incident is contained in a statement signed by the Director/Fire Chief of Anambr
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Properties destroyed as tanker explosion rocks Oyo community
A fully loaded petrol tanker lost control and rammed into a block of shops and thereafter burst into flames in the Apata area of Ibadan, Oyo State on Thursday.
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Just In: Fire outbreak at Defence Headquarters in Abuja
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters on Monday was gutted by fire in Garki Abuja. The inferno, whose cause was yet to be ascertained, was said to have occurred on the second floor of the DHQ.
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Abuja Conoil fire incident: FEMA reads riot act to filling stations
The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), on Sunday in Abuja vowed to permanently shut down any filling station which flouts the extant regulations on products discharge.
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Just In: Fire guts Anambra timber market
Some shops at the Ogbo Osisi Timber Market Bridgehead, Onitsha in Anambra State have been engulfed by fire. No one has been able to ascertain the cause of the fire but it was gathered that it started late in the evening on Saturday. Confirming the incident in a statement, the Anambra State fire chief, Martin…
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Police arrest security guard over INEC’s office fire
The Police Command in Ebonyi has arrested a security guard over the fire incident that gutted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Izzi Local Government Area on Sunday.
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Love ‘wahala’ : PhD student sets self ablaze, hugs woman for rejecting marriage proposal
A 30-year-old PhD student died after setting himself ablaze and trying to kill a woman for allegedly turning down his marriage proposal at Government Institute of Science (GIS) in Aurangabad Monday afternoon, the police said. The deceased was identified as Gajanan Munde. According to the police, he followed the woman to the college where…
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SAD! Three siblings die as fire guts building
Three siblings died on Monday when fire razed a one-storey residential building in the Kabuga Yan Azara area of Kano State. An eyewitness, Ibrahim Lawan, who resides in one of the apartments in the building, said the fire started from the first apartment, adding that the inability of the residents to alert firefighters to…