The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Nahum Daso, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Maiduguri, saying that the fire break out reported to the Monguno Police Station by the camp chairman, Bukar Mbati.

“The inferno engulfed over 100 thatched houses, destroying foodstuffs and various household items,” Daso said.

He noted that the State Fire Service, the police, and other security agencies stationed at the camp successfully brought the flames under control. Following the incident, a patrol team led by the Divisional Police Officer (Supol Monguno) visited the scene for an on-the-spot assessment.

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The incident was confirmed in a statement released by the Chairman of the state Fire Services Agency, Moroof Akinwande, in Ibadan.

According to Akinwande, the agency received a distress call about the fire incident through a telephone call from one Alhaji Mufutau Badmus, the Saki Branch Chairman of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria.

The Chairman said that firemen, led by Kolade Taiwo, swiftly mobilized to the scene of the incident after receiving a distress call.

“On arrival at the scene, it was discovered that the filling station, a DAF tanker truck loaded with 50,000 litres of petrol, one Bajaj motorcycle and three fuel dispensing pumps were already engulfed in the inferno,” he said.

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Akinwade said that personnel of the agency were able to completely extinguish the fire and prevent it from spreading to other properties within the area.

He commended the Ofiki Division’s personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for their presence and for providing security in the area during the exercise. He further urged owners of filling stations in the state to prioritise fire safety guidelines.

Source: Punch

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A security source said the incident happened around noon on Monday at an Islamiyyah school in the Kuchibiyu Community of Bwari Area Council, about 42 kilometres from the Abuja city centre.

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It was also gathered that emergency and security personnel, including the police bomb disposal squad, arrived at the scene of the explosion.

The injured victims were taken to a hospital.

However, the police have not yet commented on the incident, and details of the explosion remain unclear.

Source added that the students involved were recently admitted into the school and that they resumed on 3rd January 2025.

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Sources confirmed the incident occurred at about 9:30 pm at Wisdom Estate, Road 1G, Olohunda Road, in the Lagelu Local Government Area.

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Eyewitness accounts revealed that the church was hosting a Friday vigil when the fire broke out.

But the exact cause of the fire remains unclear.

Confirming the incident, the General Manager of Oyo State Fire Services, Akinyemi Akinyinka, said, their men were there based on information from one Kunle Junaid.

He promised to provide further updates.

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The immediate or remote cause of the fire could not be ascertained at the time of filing this report.

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Meanwhile, operatives of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, and other responders were on the ground battling to put out the raging fire.

The Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, Femi Oke-Osayintolu, and the Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, stated that the situation had been brought under control to prevent it from spreading to other properties.

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While the cause of the fire could not be immediately ascertained, a resident of the area, said his attention was drawn to the incident at about 4 am today.

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He added that they do not yet know the cause of the fire, but an electrical issue cannot be ruled out.

According to him, two hours after the fire started, men of the Federal Fire Service arrived and put the fire out.

Meanwhile, traders and residents now face the daunting task of assessing the ruins and piecing their lives together.

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Oke-Osanyintolu said a preliminary investigation showed that multiple buildings used as shops for sales of car spare parts were razed.

He disclosed that the LASEMA Shark Response Team, LASEMA Fire Unit, LASEMA Tiger Response Team, alongside Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, and the Federal Fire Service worked together to curtail the fire, preventing it from escalating to adjoining buildings.

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Oke-Osanyintolu added that no casualties were recorded at the incident scene, and no injuries were sustained due to the incident.

He said “dampening down” has commenced to stamp out the remaining pockets of fire, noting that salvage of valuable properties in the recovered shops is ongoing.

Oke-Osanyintolu said efforts are ongoing to completely extinguish the fire, and recovery operations are still ongoing.

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The incident happened on Friday on Sanni Adewale Street in Lagos Island Local Government Area of the state.

Confirming the incident in a statement, the Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, said firefighters from the Ebute Elefun, Sari, and Lekki 1 stations were dispatched immediately after receiving a distress call and arrived at the scene by 5:33 a.m.

She said the fire which started around 5:17 a.m. caused panic in the area as residents scrambled for safety.

Emergency officials were on ground to extinguish the blaze which has already destroyed items valued at millions of naira.

Reports say  the situation is now under control and ventilation efforts are currently ongoing in ensuring the safety of all in the area. Preliminary investigations suggest the fire was triggered by an electrical surge while  no casualties have been reported.

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Reports had it earlier today that the incident occurred at the shopping mall in the southwestern Chinese city of Zigong.

It has not been determined by press time what caused the fire or how many people were in the building when the fire broke out in the building which houses a department store, offices, restaurants and a movie theater.

Videos have shown clouds of thick black smoke coming out of windows from lower levels and engulfing the entire 14-storey-building as firefighters fought hard using water sprays and drones.

China had by May this year reported 947 fire fatalities, up 19 percent from the same period of the previous year, said Li Wanfeng, a spokesperson for the National Fire and Rescue Administration who added that fires in public places such as hotels and restaurants rose 40 percent.

Most of the incidents resulted from electrical faults, the official said.

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