Tag: Fire
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Two killed, 40 injured in hospital fire
A major fire broke out at a Government-run Hospital in the Indian Coastal City of Mumbai, killing at least two people and injuring more than 40, Police officials said. The blaze began on the fourth floor of the Employees State Insurance Corporation Hospital in the Andheri district on Monday, local media reported. Mumbai police spokesman…
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Officials escape death as fire guts EFCC office
At least two persons escaped death while equipment worth millions of naira was damaged after a fire incident at the old head office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the Wuse 2 area of Abuja on Monday. It was learnt that the fire started from the ICT department which formerly served as the…
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Fire guts 156 shops in Aba
Fire has gutted about 156 shops at the timber and furniture section of Nkwo Ngwa market in Aba South Local Government Area of Abia, leaving many families in grief for their losses. Okechukwu Lawrence, Chairman of the market traders’ association, told newsmen at the market on Sunday that he was informed about the incident through…
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Breaking: Fire destroys 77 shops in Kano market
The Kano State Fire Service said fire has destroyed 77 temporary shops at Kasuwar Kurmi (‘Yan Gumama) Market in Kano. The Spokesman of the State Fire Service, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed told News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Sunday that 70 of the shops were razed down completely. “We received a distress call early hours…
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Inferno kills four family members, another in Kebbi
Three children of same parents, their mother and another child have been burnt to death in an early morning inferno on Friday in Argungu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident, which has thrown residents of the area into mourning, also partially razed the victims bungalow. The…
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Eight family members killed in house fire
Eight members of a family died after a fire believed to have been caused by an electricity malfunction broke out at a house in Northern Bangladesh, rescuers said on Thursday. Firefighter Sirajul Islam said three people died immediately when the fire began to burn after the family went to bed on Wednesday night inside their…
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Fire razes CSS bookshop[Video]
Mysterious fire in the wee hours of Friday razed the popular CSS bookshop house located at Broad-street Lagos Island . The cause of the fire incident is yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report. Now I’m convinced village people are actually doing CSS Bookshop House, the building is…
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Early morning fire kills 2 kids, destroys property in Delta
Two children were on Monday feared dead in an early morning fire at Igbudu in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta. The fire, which occurred at about 2 a.m, also destroyed property, worth millions of naira. The victims included one-year-old Wealth Enorke and four-year-old Kesiena Lucky, said to be children of two sisters, Elohor…
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Five children killed in slum fire
Five children left at home alone and locked in by their parents were killed in a fire in a slum at a district of the Philippine capital on Monday, firefighters said. The victims, four boys and one girl, aged between 1 and 12 years old suffered burns and suffocation, said fire marshall Jones Silvano. An…
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Fire kills 5 children in Philippines slum
Five children left at home alone and locked in by their parents were killed in a fire in a slum at a district of the Philippine capital on Monday, firefighters said. The victims, four boys and one girl, aged between 1 and 12 years old suffered burns and suffocation, said fire marshall Jones Silvano. An…