Firefighters of the Nigerian Navy and officials of the Federal Fire Services, Abuja, on Monday, combated a raging fire at UTC Shopping Plaza, Garki, Abuja. Navy Spokesman, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, in a statement on Tuesday, said the Navy firemen were…
Father dies trying to rescue son from well in Kwara
A 49-year-old man, Fasasi Azeez, in Offa local government area of Kwara State, has died in a desperate attempt to rescue his son, Kaleed, who mistakenly fell into a deep well. Vanguard Correspondent reliably gathered that the son, Kaleed, was…
Maiduguri Central Market on fire
The Maiduguri Central Market popularly known as Monday market is on fire. The early Sunday fire outbreak is still raging with men of fire service battling to contain it. The state Director Fire Service, Umaru Kirawa who confirmed the incident…
Fuel siphoning causes Ogbomoso tanker explosion- Fire Service
The Oyo State Fire Service Agency says illicit activities of some members of the public, who were siphoning fuel from a fallen petroleum tanker, was responsible for the Sunday inferno in Ogbomoso. The agency’s Director of Operations, Mr Ismail Adeleke,…
Fire in Ikeja today, almost engulfs Conoil fuel station
But for the swift action of the men of the fire service at about 9am today, Saturday, April 21 at the Conoil fuel station by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), the station would have been in flames. By…