Tag: Fire
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JUST IN: RRS headquarters gutted by fire
There was pandemonium on Wednesday as headquarters of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, at the Lagos State Government Secretariat, Alausa, in Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria was gutted by fire. The fire started around 11:40am, as smokes emanated from the roof of the one story building. Police officers with their guns ran out of the building…
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Just in: Fire engulfs parts of Owerri airport
A fire outbreak has been reported at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri. The cause of the fire is still unknown but the General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, described it as a bush fire. According to Yakubu, firefighters are currently working to control the spread of the…
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TNG Special Report: Nigeria’s rising cases of fire incidents and unnecessary loss of lives, properties
While some accidents are avoidable and unnecessary, others are nature bound. Hence, the almost automatic measures put in place in saner climes to curb and mitigate the effects of these accidents if and when they happen. Be it robbery attack, road accident, tanker explosion and other forms of fire accidents, the timely arrival of appropriate…
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Plane slides off runway, catches fire at Airport
A passenger plane veered off the runway, on Wednesday and catches fire at an Istanbul airport, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, according to Turkish media. Broadcast footage showed the nose of the plane from Turkish budget airlines Pegasus completely smashed. Passengers were seen exiting through one wing. Private broadcaster NTV reported that…
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Fire razes INEC office
The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra was on Sunday gutted by fire. Confirming the incident to journalists, SP Haruna Mohammed, Police Public Relations Officer in the state command, said “the fire allegedly emanated from bush a burning. “However, the extent of damages done…
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Video: Explosion as storey building is gutted by fire in Lagos
There has been an explosion in Alapere area of Ketu, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria as a storey building goes up in flames. Thick smokes emanated from the building and bellowed into the atmosphere, accompany by raging fire. Residents scampered out of the house to safety. Eyewitness said a a gas cylinder exploded around 5.00pm on Thursday…
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FAAN Alerts Airlines about Fire Incident at MMIA
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has recorded another fire incident in one of its airports. Yesterday fire started inside the premises of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and spread through the bush surrounding one of the runways of the airport and would have spread further but for immediately action taken by…
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BREAKING: Fire guts plank market in Mushin [Video]
Fire has gutted Amu Plank and Building Material market in Mushin, Lagos state destroying properties worth hundreds of millions in the early morning of Saturday, TheNewsGuru, TNG reports. The source of the fire remains unknown but the fire has since destroyed many shops and planks in the market. According to eyewitnesses, the Lagos State Fire…
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‘RCCG house escapes being burnt in Lagos pipeline explosion’
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has become the centre of discussion online over a viral video showing how an ‘RCCG building’ miraculously escaped being burnt amid the raging fire outbreak which occurred on Sunday night along Ekoro Road by Baruwa axis, Abule Egba, Lagos. According to the Narrator in the video, the house…
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Fighting Fires: Other States Can Learn from Anambra
Both the Federal Government and all the states in Nigeria plus the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja have been called upon to learn from the experience of the Anambra State government in fighting fire outbreaks in a modern and effective way. The call was made today in a press statement by the Anambra State Commissioner…