Fire guts Ladipo plank market

A popular market in Lagos State, Ladipo Plank Market, was engulfed in a midnight inferno, resulting in the destruction of goods and property. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyitolu, however, confirmed that no lives were…

Fire guts 3 buildings in Lagos market

Fire has gutted a trio of three-storey buildings and destroyed properties worth millions of naira in a market on Dosunmu Street, Lagos Island area of Lagos State. The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service reports that the fire has been…

Kazakhstan mine fire leaves at least 32 dead

At least 32 people have been killed following a fire at a mine in Kazakhstan, owned by steel giant ArcelorMittal. The blaze came on the same day as a deal to nationalise the company’s mining operations in Kazakhstan was confirmed.…

Fire guts plastic factory in Lagos

A section of a plastic company, Mega Plastics Company, located in the Ilupeju area of Lagos was gutted by fire in the early hours of today, Saturday, September 23, 2023. This was contained in a statement, on Saturday, by the…

Children ‘die holding each other’ after mums leave them home alone to go for drinks

Five young children ‘died holding each other’ when a fire engulfed their home after they were left there alone, it has been claimed. The kids, aged between one and eight, were siblings and cousins whose mums had gone out drinking…

Fire razes Lagos orphanage home, 7 children rescued

Seven children were rescued on Sunday after fire gutted a storey building occupied by an orphanage home on Wole Madariola Street in the Aguda area of Lagos State. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, in a statement on Monday,…

Retirement home fire kills 6 people, injures 80 in Italy

A fire that broke out in a retirement home in Milan, Italy, overnight killed six people and injured at least 80, Italian emergency services say. Three people were in a critical condition on Friday. The fire started in a first-floor room of the…

At least 31 killed in gas explosion at China barbecue restaurant

At least 31 people have been killed and seven injured when gas used for cooking exploded at a barbecue restaurant in northwestern China. The blast tore through the restaurant about 8:40pm (12:40 GMT) on Wednesday on a busy street in…

Girl, 15, charged with 19 counts of murder after fire at school in Guyana

A teenage student whom police in Guyana accuse of deliberately setting a fire in a girls’ dormitory that killed 18 schoolmates and a five-year-old boy has been charged as an adult with 19 counts of murder. The 15-year-old girl appeared…

Fire at Lagos hospital, firefighters respond promptly

A fire incident occurred on Wednesday within the premises of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fire incident, which happened at food shops in the premises around 4.00 p.m.,…

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