GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that no fewer than 12 shops were, on Thursday night, razed by fire in Ibadan, Oyo State. Witnesses told The PUNCH, on Friday, that the fire began around 10:55pm at Block A, No 64, Mayegun Cement Store Market, Araromi, Agodi-Gate in Ibadan and raged for more than three hours before it was…
The South-West Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, Kadiri Olanrewaju, stated on Thursday that over 500 shops and stalls were destroyed in a fire at the popular Aleshinloye Market in Ibadan, Oyo State. GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the fire, which broke out around 10:15 pm on Tuesday in the Ibadan South West Local…
A fire outbreak at the Islamiya school in Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State has led to the death of 17 Almajiri students. The fire incident which started on the night of Tuesday, February 4, was said to have lasted for about three hours leaving the children dead and about 16 others injured. Speaking…
Two young siblings, Jelad Oluwaranakinse, aged five, and his brother, Jenson, aged three, were burnt to death in a fire that engulfed their apartment in the Oluwatuyi area of Akure, Ondo State, on Wednesday. According to eyewitnesses, the children were allegedly locked inside their home by their mother, Mrs Deborah Oluwaranakinse, who had stepped out…
Alhaji Muhammadu Bello Sifawa, the Secretary to the Sokoto State Government was early Monday morning hit by tragedy as he lost his daughter and 3 of her children to an inferno that consumed his residence. The fire which broke out early Monday morning consumed the residence of the SSG while the family were sleeping. However,…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a devastating fire outbreak occurred on Monday at a Bovas petrol station located at Olukunle, Olodo, Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. The fire is leaving a trail of destruction and chaos, though, the gravity of destruction cannot be ascertained now. As of the time of filing this report, the cause of…
The General Manager of the Oyo State Fire Service, Akinyemi Akinyinka, on Saturday, raised the alarm that hoodlums have broken into some shops at the popular Araromi Spare Parts Market, Agodi-Gate in Ibadan, the state capital. A massive fire engulfed the market, destroying goods and property worth millions of naira. Akinyinka explained that despite the…
A fire engulfed a parish of the Christ Apostolic Church in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Friday night, reportedly trapping several worshippers inside. The incident, which occurred around 9:30 pm on Olohunda Road, Lagelu Local Government Area, was confirmed by sources on Saturday morning. Eyewitnesses reported that some worshippers had fallen asleep in preparation for the…
A 67-year-old man, Muhammad Uba and his wife, 52-year-old Fatima Muhammad, have been reportedly killed in a fire outbreak in Kano. The incident occurred on Friday at Rangaza (Inken) Layin AU area of Ungogo local government area of the state. According to the Kano Fire Service command spokesperson, Saminu Yusif Abdullahi, the control room received…
A fire outbreak at the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) warehouse in the Idu industrial area of Abuja has destroyed tools worth billions of Naira intended for training beneficiaries of the N-Power initiative. The Minister of State for the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr. Yusuf Sununu, has ordered the formation of…