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  • BREAKING: Midnight fire in Lagos destroys electronics worth millions

    BREAKING: Midnight fire in Lagos destroys electronics worth millions

    A fire incident in LG office in Lagos State on Sunday destroyed goods and electronics estimated to worth millions in Naira.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Lagos State Management Agency (LASEMA) has confirmed the incident.

    LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr  Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the incident happened at the LG office, Abule Osun, Trade Fair in Lagos.

    “LASEMA received distress calls through the 767 and 112 toll-free emergency lines at about 00.15hrs, and activated the Lagos State Emergency Response Plans.

    “Upon arrival at the scene at about 00.40hrs, it was discovered that fire was raging at the LG office located at the above address.

    “The fire spread throughout the entire warehouse, affecting equipment, small forklifts, household goods and electronics worth hundreds of millions of naira,” he said.

    Oke-Osanyintolu who said that the cause of the fire had not been ascertained, added that the incident was being coordinated alongside the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service to prevent further spread.

    “LASEMA has also activated the fire unit to support the operation with several additional fire appliance trucks for a quick intervention.

    “No fatalities or injuries in the incident but the fire has escalated to the entire premises,” he said.

    He said the operation was still ongoing, adding that all responders and the entire LG staff have been relocated outside the premises for safety reasons.

    “More fire trucks have been activated and are being expected while the Nigerian Army and the Police are also at the scene,” he said.

  • Lack of access prolonged Karu market fire, says FEMD

    Lack of access prolonged Karu market fire, says FEMD

    The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD) says lack of access caused a delay in putting out the fire at the Karu old market in Abuja on Thursday.

    The acting Director-General of the department, Mrs Florence Wenegieme, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday.

    Wenegieme underscored the need for access to market, public and private buildings by fire service personnel and trucks during fire outbreak for quick interventions to reduce losses.

    She said that the fire started around 6:30 p.m. but was brought under control by the combined team of FEMD, FCT Fire Service, Federal Fire Service and Julius Berger Fire Service.

    According to her, the efforts prevented the fire from spreading to surrounding houses.

    She, however, explained that it was not the new Karu Market currently under construction that was engulfed by the fire, but an informal market and settlement behind the new market.

    She said: “there are Fire Stations at two locations in Karu; we have the Karu Fire Station, and a Fire Station and firefighting truck in the new Karu Market under construction.

    “Firefighting trucks arrived at the scene of the fire on time but could not get access to the market to put out the fire on time.

    “We had to break walls to pass the firefighting water horses through, to be able to put out the fire,” the acting D-G said.

    She added that goods worth millions of naira were lost, but no life was lost to the fire.

    She further said that personnel of the Nigeria police, Nigeria army and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps were also on ground for crowd control.

    Wenegieme thanked the Department of Engineering, Federal Capital Development Authority for activating Julius Berger Fire Service to provide the needed support.

    She said that investigation was ongoing to determine the cause of the fire.

  • BREAKING: Fire hits Dangote refinery [VIDEO]

    BREAKING: Fire hits Dangote refinery [VIDEO]

    Dangote refinery was hit by a minor fire outbreak on Wednesday in Lagos.

    Dangote Refinery spokesperson Anthony Chiejina confirmed the incident in a statement, saying operations at the refinery was not affected in anyway.

    He said “We have swiftly contained a minor fire incident at our effluent treatment plant (ETP), today Wednesday 26th of June.

    “There is no cause for alarm as the refinery is operating and there is no recorded injury or body harm to all our staff on duty.”

    The fire was immediately put out as fire fighters and first responders swiftly rose to the occasion.

    Viral videos showed thick plume of smoke billowing from the facility located at the Lekki Free Zone near Lagos.

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  • How fire at Christ Embassy HQ was quenched

    How fire at Christ Embassy HQ was quenched

    Mrs Ibitayo Adenike, Head of Operations, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) of the Lagos Territorial Office has opened up on how the fire that engulfed Christ Embassy Church, Ikeja in Lagos State, was put out.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Mrs Adenike to have said it took a combined team of emergency responders to put out the fire that engulfed the Christ Embassy church on Sunday morning.

    Fire had on Sunday engulfed the main auditorium of Christ Embassy Church Headquarters located in Oregun, Ikeja.

    The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (LSFRS) had said the fire escalated because the church’s fire service thought they could handle the situation by themselves without recourse to the Lagos fire service.

    Giving an update on the fire incident, Adenike disclosed that NEMA received an alert about the fire at the main auditorium of the Christ Embassy Church on Oregun Road in the early hours of Sunday.

    “The immediate cause of the fire which started around 7.00 a.m. was not known but it spread quickly causing the roof of the auditorium to cave in.

    “The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (LSFRS) and other emergency responders fought the inferno and was eventually able to put it out late in the afternoon,” Adenike said.

    She added that an integrity test would be carried out on the structure before further actions can be taken.

    Adenike noted that emergency responders at the scene of the incident included the Lagos Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), NEMA, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, LSFRS, the Police and the Red Cross.

    Earlier, the Director of the LSFRS, Mrs Margret Adeseye, had called for calm as the situation was under control.

    Adeseye said excavators were deployed during the operation to pull down some parts of the building to ensure complete extinguishment of the fire and to prevent further structural collapse.

    The director said the cause of the incident was yet unknown adding that investigations are underway to determine the cause.

    She said that no casualties were recorded.

    Also, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Permanent Secretary, LASEMA, said that the massive fire had been brought under control.

    “Dampening down is ongoing, with monitored property salvage. The operation involved all key stakeholders. The building will be subject to materials testing.

    “There were no casualties or mortality despite any reports to the contrary,” Oke-Osanyintolu said.

    Fire incident avenue for bigger and better things- Pastor Chris Oyakhilome

    Meanwhile, President and founder of LoveWorld Incorporated better known as Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has said the fire incident at the church’s headquarters was not an accident but an avenue for bigger and better things.

    He said this during a live Sunday service at the church’s campground, Asese.

    “Nothing happens in the life of a child of God by accident. During the 2001 Ikeja cantonment bombing incident, the building vibrated so much and we thought it was going to collapse.

    “I thought to myself that if it collapsed I was going to build a bigger, better one. At the end of the day it didn’t collapse and we called the engineers to see if there was any need to bring it down and rebuild but it was still okay.

    “Now that this has happened, we will build a bigger, better, and more glorious one and the devil will lick his wound,” Pastor Chris said.

  • Why Christ Embassy HQ fire escalated – Lagos govt.

    Why Christ Embassy HQ fire escalated – Lagos govt.

    The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (LSFRS) said that the fire that engulfed the main auditorium of Christ Embassy Church Headquarters, Oregun, Ikeja, has been put under control.

    Mrs Margret Adeseye, Director, LSFRS, confirmed this in an interview with NAN on Sunday in Lagos.

    Adeseye said the fire impacted the main auditorium of the church.

    She said that the fire escalated because the church’s fire service thought they could handle the situation by themselves without recourse to the Lagos fire service.

    She said the cause of the fire could not be ascertained at the moment until after proper investigation.

  • BREAKING: Kano School of Technology gutted by fire

    BREAKING: Kano School of Technology gutted by fire

    The Kano Fire Service has put out the fire in the Matan Fada, School of Technology in Nassarawa Local Government Area of the State.

    Public Relations Officer of the service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, confirmed the incident on Tuesday in Kano.

    Abdullahi said that the incident occurred on Monday night.

    ”We received a distress call at about 08:28 p.m., from Faisal Dauda that there was a fire incident at the School of Technology.

    ”Upon receiving the information, we quickly sent a fire vehicle to the scene at about 08:34 p.m., to bring the fire under control,’’ he said.

    Abdullahi said that the building of 500 x 500ft dimension with nine classes and six offices, totaling 15 was completely razed down.

    He also said that no life was lost and the cause of the fire is being investigated.

  • Fire guts Enugu timber market

    Fire guts Enugu timber market

    No fewer than five shops were on Tuesday gutted by fire at the timber market in Kenyatta Street, Uwani, Enugu State.

    A correspondent who was at the scene of the incident, reports that prompt response by the state Fire Service quenched the fire from spreading to other parts of the plywood market.

    A firefighter, who preferred anonymity, said the service received a distress call around 9.45 pm that the market was on fire and it immediately swung into action and quenched the fire before it spread to other parts of the market.

    “As you can see, only about five shops were affected by the fire in this big market. I cannot say much on this incident as I am not the Chief Fire Officer,” the fireman said.

    Meanwhile, an eyewitness who identified himself as Joe, disclosed that he noticed the fire immediately after the suspension of the nationwide industrial strike by the labour unions in the country.

    According to him, some neighbours in the area rushed to the market and within a few minutes, the fire service arrived and quenched the fire.

    ”I thank God and the fire service for the quick response, otherwise, it would have been disastrous,” he said.

  • Breaking! Fire guts Tejuosho wood market

    Breaking! Fire guts Tejuosho wood market

    Fire gutted several wooden shanties at the Tejuosho Market, Yaba area of Lagos State, on Wednesday destroying properties worth millions of naira.

    It was learnt that there was no loss of life recorded and no injury sustained at the time of filling the report.

    According to reports, the fire broke out at the market located along Tejuosho Canal, comprising shops and residences, at about 12:30 pm.

  • No fire incident at our depot, NNPCL clarifies

    No fire incident at our depot, NNPCL clarifies

    The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) says there was no fire incident at their deport but a nearby one.

    Earlier, the Lagos State Fire Service had said there was a fire incident at an NNPCL terminal in the Apapa area of Lagos.
    But the firm’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer Olufemi Soneye said the fire incident was at another depot.

    “The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) wishes to clarify that the fire incident at a tank farm in Marine Beach, Apapa, Lagos, was at a depot belonging to HOGL Energy Ltd (Honeywell Depot), and not an NNPC Retail Ltd.’s facility as circulated by early responders,” Soneye said.

    “The fire, which has since been extinguished, was as a result of petroleum products spillage within the perimeter of the tank farm.
    “Meanwhile, NNPC Ltd and other depots in the area have resumed loading activities. NNPC assures that the incident will, in no way, affect petroleum products supply and distribution across the country.”

  • JUST IN: Confusion as fire engulfs NNPC crude oil storage tank in Lagos

    JUST IN: Confusion as fire engulfs NNPC crude oil storage tank in Lagos

    A fire outbreak has occurred at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) tank farm on Friday.

    The incident happened on Kayode Street, Marine Beach, in the Apapa area of Lagos.

    It was gathered that the fire started at about 11:00 a.m. and quickly spread, causing panic among people in the vicinity.

    “People were running helter-skelter to contain the fire before the rescue team arrived,” an eyewitness accounted.

    The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA), and other emergency responders were swiftly deployed to the scene to battle the blaze.

    As of the time of filing this report, the rescue teams were still working to extinguish the fire.

    Preliminary investigations suggest that the fire was caused by a spillage of petroleum products within the terminal.

    The Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Mrs. Margaret Adeseye, confirmed the incident and stated that a concerted effort was being made with various emergency responders within the oil and gas industry to contain the situation.

    This is not the first time the facility has been affected by a fire outbreak.

    In 2020, the OVH Energy storage facility, which contained about 6,000 metric tonnes of petrol, was razed by fire.