Fire Outbreak

The Kebbi State Government has dismissed widespread reports that an explosion at the General Hospital in Bagudo was caused by a bomb, explaining that the incident resulted from a fire outbreak within the hospital premises. In…

The Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu, has disclosed that United Bank for Africa (UBA) staff members died in the fire outbreak at Afriland Towers in the Lagos Island area of Lagos State. The fire incident occurred on Tuesday,…

Afriland Properties Plc said it has commenced an investigation into the fire incident at its Afriland Towers headquarters located on Broad Street, Lagos Island, Lagos. The incident began in the inverter room, and, regrettably, smoke…

There's a fire outbreak at the OANDO fueling station located at the Obalende area of Lagos state. The incident occurred as a fuel truck belonging to NPPC’s petroleum products retail affiliate, NNPC Retail Limited, was…

The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company Limited, an upstream subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, on Friday reported a fire incident which occurred at its Oil Mining Lease 20 at Egbema-West, Imo State. It said…

The current Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has killed at least 114 people this year, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Saturday. From January 1 to March 17, a total of 1801 suspected cases were reported from 21…

The death toll from a huge blaze in northern California rose to 42 on Monday, making it the deadliest wildfire in state history. Thousands of firefighters spent fifth-day digging battle lines to contain the “Camp Fire” in the foothills…

A fire has left no fewer than 25,000 people homeless in a town on a southern Philippine island known as a stronghold of Islamic State-allied militants, officials said on Wednesday. According to Mayor Kerkhar Tan, the huge blaze gutted no…