Fire razed a foam market in the Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State on Saturday.
The sad occurrence happened around 1pm at 16, Ladipo Street in Mushin, said Spokesperson for the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Nosa Okunbor.
He added that first responders including LASEMA operatives have been deployed in the scene to prevent the fire from escalating to adjoining buildings.
According to Okunbor, no casualty has been recorded as of the time of filing this report.
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New building of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) located directly opposite, Muhammadu Dikko Stadium Kastina was hotter by fire at about 12.08 pm this Afternoon.
An Eye Witness told TNG on telephone that half of the building is already bunt before men of the state Fire service arrived. They firemen are currently battling to put off the inferno.
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A fire in the 15-century cathedral in the western French city of Nantes blew out stained glass windows and destroyed the grand organ on Saturday, and officials said they suspected arson.
Prosecutor Pierre Sennes told reporters three fires had been started at the site and authorities were treating the incident as a criminal act. He gave no other details.
The fire began in the early morning, engulfing the inside in massive flames, and dozens of firemen brought it under control after several hours. Smoke was still coming out of the Gothic structure later on Saturday morning.
The blaze comes just over a year after a massive fire at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, which destroyed its roof and main spire.
“After Notre-Dame, the St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral is in flames. Support to the firemen who are taking all the risks to save the Gothic jewel,” President Emmanuel Macron tweeted from Brussels, where he was attending an EU summit.
Local fire chief Laurent Ferlay told reporters 104 firemen were still at the site to ensure the blaze was completely under control.
The fire broke out behind the grand organ, which was completely destroyed, he said. Stained glassed windows at the front of the cathedral were blown out.
However, the damage was not as bad as initially feared.
“We are not in a Notre-Dame de Paris scenario. The roof has not been touched,” Ferlay said.
Prime Minister Jean Castex and the culture and interior ministers were due to visit the scene later in the day.
“I want to know what happened even if it’s very early,” Castex told reporters.
Jean-Yves Burban, who runs a newsagent facing the cathedral, said he had opened his business and heard a bang at around 7:30 a.m.. He went outside to see huge flames coming from the building.
“I am shook up because I’ve been here eight years and I see the cathedral every morning and evening,” he told Reuters. “It’s our cathedral and I’ve got tears in my eyes.”
It was not the first time fire has damaged the cathedral in Nantes, which is about 340 km (210 miles) southwest of Paris.
It was partly destroyed during World War Two in 1944 after Allied bombings. In 1972 a fire completely ravaged its roof. It was finally rebuilt 13 years later with a concrete structure replacing the ancient wooden roof.
“The fire of 1972 is in our minds, but at this stage the simulation is not comparable,” Nantes Mayor Johanna Rolland told reporters.
In 2015, a fire that appeared to have been caused by renovation work destroyed most of the roof of another church in Nantes, the Saint Donatien Basilica.
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 Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Service, made the disclosure in a statement on Saturday in Kano.
Muhammed disclosed that the Service also received 50 rescue calls and 9 false alarms from the residents within the period under review.
He attributed the fire incidents to road accident; use of inferior electrical appliances as well as poor application of boiling ring, electrical appliances and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).
Mohammed advised the residents of the state to exercise caution while handling electrical appliances to avoid fire incidents and urged parents to monitor their wards to discourage swimming in ponds and exposing themselves to hazards.
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 staff and those who inhaled carbon monoxide have been rushed to the Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe for medical attention.
However, sources confirm that the inferno did not extend to the vault and other important areas.
“So far no life was lost but due to the smoke, some were taken to the Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe for resuscitation. It majorly the office of the controller that was affected destroying documents but it didn’t extend to the vault,” the source stated.
Meanwhile a tweet by the Central Bank of Nigeria has denied loss of lives adding that the incident was caused by electrical fault.
Today, a minor fire incident was reported at our Gombe branch. The fire which started from an electrical fault and partially destroyed some furniture in the Branch Controller’s office, was promptly put out.There was no injury and no record or other asset of the Bank was affected.
— Central Bank of Nigeria (@cenbank) July 3, 2020
“Today, a minor fire incident was reported at our Gombe branch. The fire which started from an electrical fault and partially destroyed some furniture in the Branch Controller’s office, was promptly put out. There was no injury and no record or other asset of the Bank was affected,” said the tweet
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 Service, Asaba, they were in Government House, Benin City for a special assignment when he got a call from Obaseki’s Chief Security Officer (CSO) at about 12 midnight that the market was on fire.
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Though the inferno was said to have been put out at about 6 am, Mr. Samson said they are yet to ascertain its cause.
It was learnt that the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) Fire Service and Air Force Fire Service also joined in combating the fire.
At the time of this report, the fire was still smothering, even as traders who lost their goods were seen wailing over their loss.
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 Tuesday.
The section affected by the early morning inferno houses shops for food stuff, clothes and fashion as well as livestock and butchery. Goods worth hundreds of millions of naira were reportedly lost to the fire.
The traders affected cried to Governor Okowa to alleviate their plight, urging the government to reconstruct the affected section of the market.
“This is my only livelihood. How can I bear this even with the situation of the country now? I don’t know what to say. Government should please come and rescue the situation,” one of the traders, who was not able to mention his name, told TNG in tears.
Meanwhile, Governor Okowa has commiserated with victims of the fire that gutted a section of the popular Ogbeogonogo Market.
The governor, who visited the market to inspect the extent of damage by the inferno, assured that the state government would assist the traders affected to get back to their businesses.
He told newsmen that the cause of the fire was still being investigated and assured that the government would liaise with Oshimili South Local Government Council to rebuild the market to modern standards.
“I have just finished inspecting the burnt section of the Ogbeogonogo market here in Asaba; there was a fire incident in the market this morning but it is the old market that was affected and the new section was not affected.
“It is obvious that a lot of persons have been affected because we saw that virtually all the stores in that section have totally been brought down by the fire.
“I commiserate with those who lost their goods to the unfortunate fire incident and as a government we will do everything possible to assist them.
“I cannot ascertain the number of stores now but there are quite a number and I have directed that the chairman of that section of the market should be able to get to us the documentation of those who own shops in that market.
“We will also cross check with the documents of the local government council so that we know how to offer assistance in terms of palliative to enable them get back to business.
“But apparently, they have been very badly affected ,but we thank God for the intervention of the state’s Fire Service; it could have been worse.”
“That place is actually very congested and I am sure that if not for the intervention of the fire service, the fire would have done a lot of damage not only to the main market but to very many other private stores that are in existence in that place.”
“The cause of the fire is not yet known because I did ask questions. However, it has happened and it is for us to be able to find a way to provide assistance to those who have been impacted very badly by the incident.
“We will work with the local government council because markets are actually under the control of local government councils.
“The main market which was built by the state government was handed over to the local government council.
“Apparently, the oldest section of the market did not follow any real patterns or rules and so I will have to discuss with the local government council and thereafter give appropriate directives on what ought to be done,” he stated.
Earlier, the Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu and his counterpart in charge of Bureau for Special Duties, Mr .Mofe Pirah, had described the incident as unfortunate.
The duo commiserated with the affected traders over the loss of their shops and means of livelihood.
They disclosed that the state government was going to take a comprehensive assessment of the situation to enable it come up with measures to ameliorate the plight of those directly affected.
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 Tuesday.
Preliminary reports indicated that the chicken section of the market was affected and that traders must have lost goods amounting to millions of Naira.
An eyewitness told TNG that men of the Delta State Fire Service were quick to respond, and that the fire was quickly put out. While goods and properties were badly affected, no casualty live was lost.
Governor Okowa, immediately after a visit to the scene of the fire incident, told newsmen that he has directed the Chairman of the section of the market affected by the inferno to work with the necessary State authorities on the actual number of entrepreneurs that have been affected by the incident.
“Following the fire incident this morning, I have just conducted an on-the-spot assessment of Ogbeogonogo Market and met with the affected traders and community leaders.
“Right now, the cause of the Ogbeogonogo Market fire remains unknown and we are still in the process of determining the number of stores that have been affected.
“This is why, I have directed the Chairman of that section of the market to work with the necessary state authorities and immediately get back to us on the actual number of entrepreneurs that have been affected by today’s incident,” Okowa stated.
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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 the Delta State Fire Service were quick to respond, and that the fire has been put out.
Meanwhile, the cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained as at press time. However, no casualty has been reported from the fire accident.
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Some part of Ogbe-Ogonogo market in Asaba is on flames as we speak but firefighters and Fire truck is on ground trying to put out the fire and reduce the damages pic.twitter.com/mCfK64WYZm— Bayelsa|Warri Twytter Queen 👑🌈 (@BrayelaLayefa) May 26, 2020