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.,…
Fire razes Alaba market, traders turn back firemen
Goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed after fire gutted the popular Alaba International market in the Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the fire started on Friday morning from a shop where gas…
Fire kills 7, injures 14 in bus crash on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
No fewer than seven persons including two children were on Sunday burnt to death when a bus crashed and caught in flames on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Also, 14 other passengers got inflicted with varying degrees of injury in the accident…
Flambé fire kills 2 in Madrid restaurant
At least two people have died and another ten were injured after a waiter flambéed a dish, accidentally setting fire to an Italian restaurant on a busy Friday evening in Madrid. One of the injured is in a critical condition…
21 die in Beijing hospital fire, others escape from windows
A fire killed at least 21 people at a hospital in Beijing on Tuesday and forced dozens of people to evacuate, Chinese state media reported. As clouds of black smoke billowed into the sky, people trapped in the multistory building…
Massive fire guts popular clothing market in Bangladesh capital
A large fire has gutted thousands of shops at a popular clothing market in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, with shop owners devastated by the loss weeks before Eid, the Muslim festival marking the end of Ramadan. Hundreds of firefighters and…
Fire gut parts of Balogun market in Lagos
A fire outbreak occured at the popular Balogun Market on Lagos Island on Tuesday morning, destroying the topmost floor of a five storey building. Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Lagos State Governor on New Media, Jubril A. Gawat disclosed…
Airport Hotel assures customers of safety
The Management of the Lagos Airport Hotel Limited has allayed the fears of customers after the fire incident in one of the layover rooms in its administrative section. The hotel’s Acting General Manager, Mrs Folashade Awe, in a statement, assured…
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…