News as it breaks
On Tuesday, a rapidly growing wildfire raged across an upscale section of Los Angeles, destroying numerous buildings and creating traffic jams as more than 30,000 people evacuated, while a second blaze doubled in size some 30 miles inland. Officials said that at least 2,921 acres (1,182 hectares) of the Pacific…
United Against Fire Hazards: NIHA and Federal Fire Service Partner to Strengthen Fire Prevention and Response in Nigeria” Abuja, Nigeria – In a bid to combat the recurring fire outbreaks plaguing Nigeria, the Nigerian Humanitarian Action (NIHA) has joined forces with the Federal Fire Service for the Nigeria Fire Prevention…
No fewer than 120 people have been rendered homeless while 44 rooms were destroyed on Monday in Megida Onikahun compound, Edun Isale in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State as fire gut the ancient compound and the market in the area. PUNCH Online gathered that four aged people…
Property, including drugs, furniture and assorted drinks estimated at N23.8million were destroyed in a fire incident which broke out on Saturday at Alfa Yahaya area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The fire affected seven flats and two shops at number 5, Ado compound. It burnt three of the seven…
A fire officer has died in a fire incident at the Auto Parts Market, Coal-Camp in the Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu State. Confirming the incident on Wednesday, the Director of Enugu State Fire Service, Mr Okwudili Ohaa, said the staff slumped and died after successfully stopping the…
The five dead victims were buried on Saturday while the injured were flown to the regional capital Maiduguri aboard a helicopter for medical attention, said Ibrahim Liman, a second militia commander.
Early Thursday, shops in Gaza were shuttered and the streets were largely abandoned as Israeli military aircraft circled over the territory where several buildings lay in ruins.
Meanwhile, the Director of the Kwara State Fire Service, Prince Falade John Olumuyiwa, has felicitated Muslims and Nigerians both at home and in the diaspora on the occasion of the Eid-el-Fitri celebration.
