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  • Just In: Fire guts Anambra timber market

    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 Agbili, said the men of the state fire service have been deployed in the fire scene.

    “I have deployed our firefighters to the fire scene. They are there fighting the fire,” Agbili said.

    More details shortly…

  • Police arrest security guard over INEC’s office fire

    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.

    SP Chris Anyanwu, Spokesman of the Command in a statement on Wednesday in Abakaliki, said the suspect is a staff of the commission.

    He said that the suspect was in possession of the keys to the building as at the time of the incident.

    “Witnesses including police personnel were invited to make statements.

    “The fire incident was reported to the Mobile Policemen on duty by one Nwebe Emmanuel, a retired security staff of INEC who was in his farm at the time of the incident.

    “The mobile policemen in turn alerted the Divisional Police Officer at Izzi who then reported the situation to the Commissioner of Police.

    “The assessment conducted indicated that the fire emanated from inside the INEC office building.

    “There was no perceived external attack on the property; the two civilian security staff posted to the premises were not on their duty post,” he said.

    According to him, investigation confirmed that there was no electric power supply that would have triggered the fire, and the building had no fire-fighting tools.

    Anyanwu urged members of the public with information on the possible cause of the fire to assist the police, as investigation continues.

    “We also advise that INEC offices across states of the federation be installed with solar-powered CCTV cameras and fire-fighting tools,” he added.

  • Love ‘wahala’ : PhD student sets self ablaze, hugs woman for rejecting marriage proposal

    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 he set himself on fire and hugged the woman in a bid to kill her. The Osmanpura police registered a case against Munde.

    The police in their preliminary probe learned that Munde wished to marry her but the woman had been rejecting his proposal.

    “None of them studied there as both of them were doing PhD from another college in Aurangabad. The woman had gone to the GIS to meet an assistant professor. And when she was inside the professor’s cabin, the accused barged in, locked the door from inside and poured fuel on himself,” said the police.

    He then set himself ablaze using a lighter and hugged the woman, the police said.

    College employees rushed in after hearing the woman’s cry for help, broke open the door and doused the flames with the help of a fire extinguisher.

    They rushed the man and the woman to the Government Medical College and Hospital, where he succumbed to injuries late on Monday. The woman sustained 55 per cent burn injuries and is being treated at the hospital.

    Senior police inspector Geeta Bagawade from Osmanpura police station said, “We have registered a first information report (FIR) against Munde. We are probing the matter further.”

  • SAD! Three siblings die as fire guts building

    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 the fire incident on time led to the fire spreading to adjoining apartments.

    He identified the victims as Fatima Isyaku, 16, Abdulsamad Isyaku, 15, and Saddika Isyaku, 6.

    “All the victims were rescued unconscious but later confirmed dead, and handed over to their parents,” Lawan said.

    The spokesperson for the Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident in a statement, said the agency received an emergency call around 10.40pm from one Marwan Umar, who reported the fire incident at Kabuga Yan Azara.

    According to the statement, fire fighters promptly mobilised from the central fire station and arrived at the scene around 10.50pm, adding that the fire fighters found a building with two apartments on fire.

    The cause of the fire incident could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report.

  • 3 teenagers die in Kano fire

    3 teenagers die in Kano fire

    The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed that three people died in a fire outbreak at Kabuga, Yan Azara Market.

    This is contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, on Tuesday in Kano.

    He said the incident occurred on Monday night.

    “We received an emergency call from Marwa Umar at about 10:40 p.m that there was a fire outbreak at Kabuga and immediately sent rescue team to the scene at about 10:50 p.m to prevent the fire from spreading to other houses.

    “Our men evacuated three unconscious bodies which were later confirmed dead and the corpses were handed over to their parents.

    “He gave the names of victims as, Abdulsamad Isyaku, 15; Fatima Isyaku, 16; and  Saddika Isyaku, 6″, he said in the statement.

    Abdullahi added that the service had already initiated an investigation into the cause of the fire.

  • Onitsha fire explosion: Police yet to know casualty rate

    Onitsha fire explosion: Police yet to know casualty rate

    DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra Command says the police was yet to be furnished with the casualty rate at the fire explosion in the chemical market in Onitsha.

    Ikenga stated this on Tuesday in a telephone in Onitsha while reacting to a fire explosion that rocked the chemical market. According to him, I don’t have the information on the level of casualty and the level of damage.

    “But I can confirm to you that there was fire explosion at the chemical market and our operatives led by DCP Operations, John Ogbodaga are on ground.

    “The area has been cordoned off, the fire service were also on ground and the situation is under control,” he said.

    It was earlier reported that no fewer than four persons were reportedly confirmed dead and about 20 sustained various degrees of injuries.

    On his part, the state Fire Chief, Anambra Fire Service, Mr Martin Agbili, said that himself and other relevant stakeholders were currently on scene of incident as at the time of filing this report and useful information would be given in due time.

  • Fire guts popular drugs market in Anambra

    Fire guts popular drugs market in Anambra

    Goods worth millions of naira were destroyed in a fire at the popular Ogbo Ogwu Market in Onitsha, Anambra, on Tuesday.

    Anambra Fire Service chief, Mr Martin Agbili, who confirmed the incident, said the cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained.

    Agbili said the fire affected a section of the market, but the cause and extent of damage was yet to be ascertained.

    “My men are currently at the scene battling the fire,’’ he said.

  • Just In: Fire guts NYSC headquarters in Abuja

    Just In: Fire guts NYSC headquarters in Abuja

    A fire incident was recorded at the National Youth Service Corps in Abuja on Friday.

    The commission said no life was lost in the sudden fire outbreak as it was limited to the third floor of the six-storey building edifice.

    This is contained in a statement issued by the Director of Press Relations, Eddy Megwa, on Friday.

    He said that the fire was immediately put out by the Federal Capital Territory and Federal Fire Service Departments when the incident occured at about 07.30am.

    Megwa also said that the affected floor is occupied by Planning, Research and Statistics and the General Service Department with the fire affecting only a particular room with electronic gadgets.

    He said, “Fortunately enough, no life was lost and all vital documents were promptly evacuated and safeguarded.

    “The management of the scheme heartily appreciates the Federal and FCT Fire Service Departments for their prompt response which minimised the effect of the incident.

    “Management also appreciates all security agencies for the invaluable roles they played during the unfortunate incident.”

  • Details of fire outbreak at NYSC headquarters

    Details of fire outbreak at NYSC headquarters

    The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has given details of the fire outbreak at its headquarters in Abuja, on Friday.
    NYSC confirmed that no life was lost in the sudden fire outbreak.
    This is contained in a statement issued by the Director of Press Relations, Mr Eddy Megwa, on Friday.
    He said that the fire was immediately put out by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Federal Fire Service Departments.
    According to him, the fire incident which started about 7:30am, was limited to the third floor of the six-storey building edifice.
    Megwa also said that the floor is occupied by Planning, Research and Statistics and the General Service Department with the fire affecting only a particular room with electronic gadgets.
    ”Fortunately enough, no life was lost and all vital documents were promptly evacuated and safeguarded.
    ”The management of the scheme heartily appreciates the Federal and FCT Fire Service Departments for their prompt response which minimised the effect of the incident.
    ”Management also appreciates all security agencies for the invaluable roles they played during the unfortunate incident’,” he added.
  • Fire destroys N20m property, kills 15 persons in Kano

    Fire destroys N20m property, kills 15 persons in Kano

    The Kano State Fire Service says 15 persons were killed and property worth N20 million destroyed in various fire incidents in the state in October.

    This is contained in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi on Thursday in Kano.

    Abdullahi said the service also saved 24 lives and property worth N43.3 million from 35 fire incidents during the period.

    He said that the service responded to 32 rescue calls and six false alarms from residents across the state during the period.

    The spokesperson urged the general public to handle fire with care to prevent fire outbreaks and cautioned motorists to abide by traffic laws to avoid road crashes in the state.