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  • 16 killed in Kano fire incidents

    16 killed in Kano fire incidents

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    Bayo Millz
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    The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed 16 persons killed and property worth N40.6 million destroyed in various fire incidents in the past one month in the state. The Service, however, said it saved 71 lives and property worth N120 million in 51 fire incidents recorded in June in the state. Alhaji Saidu Muhammed, the…

  • JUST IN: CBN office gutted by fire

    JUST IN: CBN office gutted by fire

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    Olaotan Falade
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    A raging inferno on Friday gutted a section of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Gombe branch destroying the office of the Branch Controller. According to reports and eyewitnesses, a number of staff members were injured in the incident but did not disclosed their identity even as he begged for anonymity. Some of the injured…

  • Video: Fire razes Oba Market in Benin

    Video: Fire razes Oba Market in Benin

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    Femi Ajasa
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    The popular Oba Market, near the King Square (Ring Road), Benin City, Edo state, has been gutted by midnight fire which destroyed goods worth millions of naira. The fire reportedly started at the early hours of Monday morning ‎when there was no electricity supply to the market. According to Karibo Samson, Assistant ‎Controller, Federal Fire…

  • Ogbeogonogo traders affected by fire incident cry to Gov Okowa for help

    Ogbeogonogo traders affected by fire incident cry to Gov Okowa for help

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Traders affected by the Tuesday’s morning fire incident at Ogbeogonogo market in Asaba, capital of Delta State, have cried out to the State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for assistance. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports part of the popular Ogbeogonogo market, off Nnebisi road Asaba, one of the biggest structured markets in Delta State was razed by fire on…

  • Ogbeogonogo: Delta market fire remains mysterious

    Ogbeogonogo: Delta market fire remains mysterious

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has said cause of the Ogbeogonogo market fire remains unknown, and that the process of determining the number of stores affected was underway. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports part of the popular Ogbeogonogo market, off Nnebisi road Asaba, one of the biggest structured markets in Delta State was razed by fire on…

  • BREAKING: Fire razes biggest market in Delta State [Video]

    BREAKING: Fire razes biggest market in Delta State [Video]

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    On Tuesday morning, fire razed part of the popular Ogbe-ogonogo market, off Nnebisi road Asaba, one of the biggest structured markets in Delta State. According to preliminary reports, the chicken section of the market was affected and traders must have lost goods amounting to millions of Naira. An eyewitness told TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) that men of…

  • Fire guts flats in Amuwo Odofin [PHOTOS]

    Fire guts flats in Amuwo Odofin [PHOTOS]

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    Kehinde Ajose
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    Flats in a block of six flats has been gutted by fire at Mile 2 Estate, Amuwo Odofin. The fire incident started at about 8:30am in the early hours of Friday, 15th of May, 2020. The inferno consumed 2 out of the 6 flats in Block 257 Amuwo Odofin Housing Estate, behind the popular central…

  • Video: Massive fire erupts in Sharjah’s residential 45-floor tower

    Video: Massive fire erupts in Sharjah’s residential 45-floor tower

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    Femi Ajasa
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    A massive fire broke out at a residential tower in Al Nahda in Sharjah on Tuesday night. Nine people sustained minor injuries and were treated on site. At least seven of the injured were taken to hospital. The quick response by Sharjah Civil Defence teams averted a major disaster. The cause of the fire is…

  • BREAKING: Fire guts popular filling station in Lagos [VIDEO]

    BREAKING: Fire guts popular filling station in Lagos [VIDEO]

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    Olaotan Falade
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    There is a fire outbreak currently ongoing at Oando Filling Station in Obalende, Lagos opposite the BRT station. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report. Oando Filling station is on fire at Obalende. @Fedfireng I know your people are present and representing already. The…

  • NNPC fueling station inferno claims 30 vehicles

    NNPC fueling station inferno claims 30 vehicles

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, on Tuesday said the fire outbreak at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) fueling station, Ifako-Ijaiye, Lagos, has destroyed 30 vehicles. The filling station is located at Yaya Abatan bus Stop, off College Road, Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State. Oke-Osanyintolu said this…