Fire has consumed five rows of shops at Agbeni market in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. The fire incident broke out on Sunday May 14 around 4:30 in the morning. Confirming the incident, the general manager of the state fire service, Yemi Akinyemi said they received a distress call from a security man who…
A fire incident on Saturday, January 14, 2023, razed 25 shops at Araromi Spare parts market, Agodi Gate, Ibadan, Oyo State. The fire incident was confirmed by the General Manager of Oyo State Fire Service, Rev. Canon Yemi Akinyinka while granting a telephone interview on Saturday in Ibadan, the capital of the state. The GM…
A fire incident on Friday took the lives of one Imam, Mohammadu Sani, his wife, Raulatu Sani, his 8 year old son, Hashim Sani and an infant, Fatima Sani. The fire incident was confirmed by the FRSC Zaria commander, Mohammad Umar. The commander revealed that the fire incident started around 1.00 am at Hajiya Maituwo St., Low-Cost…
Fire razed the Mater Foam Industry, Obosi close to St. Albert Catholic Church, Obosi, Anambra, on Saturday. The incident has been confirmed in a signed statement released by Mr Martin Agbili, the Director/Fire Chief of Anambra Fire Service, . The statement revealed that the fire service received information about the fire incident around 6.15 a.m….
Fire has consumed an illegal fuel depot in Yola, the capital of Adamawa State. The fire has consumed the depot, situated around the well known Maidoki Roundabout, very close to the entrance gate of the Yola International Airport, Jimeta. Those who witnessed the scenario said the fire incident began around 6:30pm. They said the fire…
Fire incident has affected the second floor of the Nigerian military Defence Headquarters, Abuja, on Monday afternoon. The fire incident has been confirmed by the the Director of Defence Information, Major General Jimmy Akpor in a statement. The Director of Defence Information, has said that the circumstances which triggered the fire incident have not been…
Conoil filling station situated at Area 10, Abuja has caught fire. Report has it that the fire incident occurred around 3:53pm, Saturday. One of the persons who witnessed the scenario, Ette Samson, has sent message of advice to people living around the affected area to temporarily avoid the axis. Samson says: “The fire started from…
Fire consumed many ladies wears, wig, perfume and cosmetic shops in Onitsha market in Anambra State. The fire incident started around 2a.m. as many property worth millions of naira were destroyed. The State Director of Fire Service, Mr Martin Agbili, said the inferno has been extinguished. “The situation is under control, the major fire has…
Fire incident has captured Okujagu slaughter market in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State. It was gathered that the fire incident has destroyed items, goods and property worth millions of naira. The Informant247 also gathered that the fire outbreak destroyed at least 10 houses. The inferno was reportedly triggered by suspected smokers of substances…
Fire incident has consumed a popular motor park in Jos, the NTA Park. The spokesperson of the Federal Fire Service in Plateau State, Mr Matthew Edogbonya, was not a available to make comment on the incident as he revealed that he was busy at affected scene. A senior officer of the fire service, who addressed…
The Jigawa state Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has confirmed an outbreak of fire, early morning Monday at Birniwa motor park, in Birniwa Local Government area of the state. The NSCDC in the State has said that some stalls and property worth millions of Naira, were destroyed by the inferno. The NSCDC spokesperson,…
Seven persons, who included five children, have been recovered dead in a fire incident which occurred in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan. The government officials have revealed that team of rescue workers recovered the bodies while extinguishing the inferno in one of two flats in a small house. Two children were rescued in the fire…
Fire consumed a gas plant along the Obirikwere bridge axis of the East West road in Port Harcourt, the capital of River State. The fire incident happened around 8am, Wednesday. Men of the Federal Fire Service, however, reached the affected scene of the incident to quench the fire. An operative of the fire service has…
Fire, on Sunday, caught a building of about 7flats in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State. The fire incident has reportedly destroyed properties worth millions of naira. Report has it that the fire disaster, which happened at about 0258 hours, was connected to power surge. Hassan Adekunle, the spokesperson of the State fire service, in…
A man identified to be a resident of Lekki Phase 1, Eyenkorin Area of Ilorin, Kwara State, was reported to have set his house ablaze over a misunderstanding with his wife. It was gathered that his children were in the home when the man set the house on fire. Hassan Adekunle, the spokesman of the…
No fewer than 32 rooms, household property and documents were razed on Thursday night in Obeagu Iniymagu Village in Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that items gutted in the inferno included water tanks, power generator sets, refrigerators, ceiling and standing fans and sewing machines. The value of…
A residential building of about seven bedrooms and five shops has been gutted by fire in Ilorin. The cause of the fire outbreak, which occurred about 10:35hrs on Monday, was attributed electric power surge. The spokesperson for Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Hakeem Adekunle, said the incident happened at No. 28 Reservation Road GRA. “A…
A 16-year-old girl has been remanded by an Ilorin Magistrate Court in Kwara State for allegedly burning her colleague, Fatimoh Jako, to death. It was learnt that the deceased was set ablaze over a minor misunderstanding that ensued between them. She was charged for alleged Criminal Trespass, Mischief by Fire and Culpable Homicide contrary to…
The house of a former aide of ex-Senate President Bukola, Alh. A. A. Musa, situated along Ahmadu Bello Way, opposite Commissioner of Police Quarters in Ilorin, Kwara State, has been gutted by fire. The inferno reportedly broke out in the house around 8:30 pm on Friday. Confirming the incident, Hassan Hakeem Adekunle, the spokesperson of…
A midnight fire on Monday razed 14 rooms in a family compound comprising of about 46 rooms at 13, Onibata Compound, Alore Area in Ilorin Kwara State. THE INFORMANT247 said the incident occurred at about 12 a.m., the cause of the inferno was attributed to an electric power surge. “On getting to the incident, the…
