Tag: Fire
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Fire invades Lagos building
Fire has gutted a storey building at Ladipo, in the Mushin area of Lagos State. The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the cause of the fire was yet to be established, adding that efforts were on to put out the fire. He added that no casualties have been recorded. Oke-Osanyintolu said,…
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Fire kills family of 6 in Vietnam
Six people died after a blaze engulfed a three-storey house early Tuesday in a city in central Vietnam, police said. Among the victims are four adults, including a pregnant woman, and two children, Vietnamese police said in a report. The fire broke out at 00:05 am local time (1805 GMT) in Vinh city, Nghe An…
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Fire guts Federal Secretariat complex in Delta State
Fire has engulfed a section of the Federal Secretariat complex along Okpanam road in Asaba, the Delta State capital. The raging inferno was said to have started through the surge of an air conditioner installed in the administrative office of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), destroying valuable properties. https://www.instagram.com/p/CP2x_HPD9tY/?utm_medium=copy_link The state fire service led…
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Gas station explodes in Lagos, wrecks two shops
A gas station along Ogunlana Street, Ketu-Ikosi Road, Lagos, has exploded, causing an inferno that razed two shops on the street. This is coming just two days after a storey building where motor spare parts were being sold at the Alapeju section of the Ladipo Market, Mushin, Lagos, was gutted by fire. Observers said the…
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Fire guts Ladipo spare parts market
Fire gutted the Alapeju section of the Ladipo market in Mushin area of Lagos state. Officials of the Lagos state fire service who arrived at the scene said the occurrence happened on Sunday morning. As of the time of filing this report, the cause of the fire has not been determined. “We are currently attending…
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Fire guts INEC headquarters in Enugu State
The headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Enugu State, was on Sunday night gutted by fire barely one week after the office in Obollo-Afor, Udenu was razed. The office is located at number 1 Achi Street by Agric Bank Bus stop in Independence Layout, Enugu. The Commissioner of Police in the state,…
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![[Video] Fire guts Kairo Market, Oshodi](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/4F3B2730-B723-43EB-A3FD-9C97BA426E07-scaled-1.jpeg)
[Video] Fire guts Kairo Market, Oshodi
The popular Kairo Market in Oshodi area of Lagos State, was on Thursday night gutted by fire. According to reports, the fire, whose cause was yet to be known, affected the textile section of the market. Spokesperson for Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Nosa Okunbor, told newsmen that emergency responders have arrived the scene and…
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Mob set suspected kidnapper’s property ablaze in Kwara
An angry mob, mostly youths, on Friday set ablaze property of a suspected kidnapper, simply identified as Ramoni, in Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara. Some of the property that were touched by the mob included two private cars, two houses and a hotel structure belonging to the suspected kidnapper. Ramoni, a herder and…
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Major disaster averted as Lagos Fire Service stops inferno at Somolu gas plant
A major disaster was averted in Lagos State on Monday after the State Fire and Rescue Service saved a multi-million naira gas plant located in the Somolu axis of the State from being consumed by fire. Speaking to journalists about the incident, the Acting Controller, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Mrs. Margaret Adeseye, disclosed…
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Fake News: Imo State House of Assembly not on fire
Report on social media that the Imo State House of Assembly is on fire is fake news as the House was never on fire. Reports on Sunday evening suggested that the Assembly had been set on fire by unknown arsonists. A YouTube video purportedly showing the Assembly burning has been branded fake as the house…