Tag: Fire
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Fire razes 22 shops in Kano
An early morning fire outbreak on Wednesday destroyed at least, 22 shops at Yankatako market in Rijiyar Lemo in Kano. The Public Relations Officer of the State Fire Service, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano, that the incident happened 3.10 a.m. “We received a distress call early hours of…
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Exposed! Passenger raises alarm over fire incident on Accra bound Arik Flight
An Accra bound Arik Air Flight W3304 from Lagos Tuesday day night was alleged to have caught fire 35 minutes after take off from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The 55 minutes flight was operated by a Bombardier Q400 (Dash 8) aircraft and took off at about 7:20p.m. Nigerian time. A passenger who…
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Fire razes ultra-modern IDP camp in Plateau
The newly constructed ultra-modern Internally Displaced Persons ( IDPs ) Camp in Shendam Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau has been razed by fire. The camp was constructed by the Presidential Committee on Flood, Relief and Rehabilitation, which came into being after the 2012 flood disaster that ravaged 24 states in the country. Mr Bintan…
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Senate adjourns sitting over fire incident
The Senate has suspended its Thursday’s sitting after fire broke out in a section of the National Assembly building. The fire at the maintenance unit of the senate occurred at about 11 a.m. Lawmakers initially tried to go ahead with its plenary, but were compelled to cut it short. After adoption of votes and proceedings,…
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Tears as Osun NULGE chairman dies in midnight fire
There was pandemonium in Osun State on Thursday as the Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees in Ayedaade Local Government Area, Mr. Tajudeen Alabi, died in a fire that ravaged his home around 1 am on Thursday. It was gathered that the NULGE chairman was burnt to death in his sleep when…
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BREAKING: Herdsmen invade, set Olu Falae’s farm ablaze
Former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has raised an alarm over an invasion of a farm belonging to former Secretary of the Government of the Federationn, SGF, Chief Olu Falae, by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Fani-Kayode who made the outcry in a statement forwarded to TheNewsGuru.com via mail on Sunday alleged that the herdsmen had set…
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Fire razes residence of Imo’s Deputy Governor [Photos]
A building in the official residence of the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere was razed by fire on Thursday. The fire which is suspected to have been triggered by a nearby bush fire, spread to the visitors waiting hall razing down the building. It also destroyed a bus stationed within the premises…
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BREAKING: Two burnt to death as gas plant explode in Lagos [Photos]
Two persons were feared dead in a reported fire outbreak in Second Coming gas plant in Magodo area of Lagos State. While the immediate cause of the inferno remains unknown as at press time, the fire is said to have spread to other properties in the neighbourhood and other persons are said to have been…
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Fire guts Trump tower in New York
A fire has broken out on the roof of the Trump Tower building in Manhattan, the New York Fire Department has confirmed. Firefighters are currently making sure it did not spread. The New York City Fire Department said that the fire started on the terrace and was quickly contained. U.S. President was not currently at…
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Updated: Fire guts 20 vehicles, several bags of rice at Customs warehouse in Lagos [Photos]
A warehouse belonging to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone A was yesterday razed by fire. 20 vehicles, consisting of six articulated vehicles, 12 cars and two minibuses, and a fully loaded truck with seized foreign parboiled rice at the NCS’ warehouse were affected in the inferno The intervention of firefighters…