A fire at a smuggled petrol warehouse in Seme Krake, a Beninous town on the border with Nigeria yesterday left no fewer than 33 people dead, local authorities said. Seme Krake is in Benin’s southeastern department of Oueme. Chief of the local fire brigade, Dallys Ahouangbegnon said the fire, which broke out close to the pineapple market in the town, …

A fire outbreak has razed a section of the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos State, Wednesday morning. The incident affected the primary gateway section of the airport, halting some operations. It was gathered that firefighters were swiftly mobilised to contain the inferno while passengers and airport personnel have been evacuated from the affected building. The Director Public …

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), on Monday, said it rescued seven motherless children in a domestic fire that engulfed an orphanage on Sunday afternoon in the Aguda area of the state. In a statement by its Public Affairs Unit Head, Mr. Nosa Okunbor, the agency said that seven male children, aged between one and seven, were rescued by …

A middle-aged woman has been arrested for allegedly setting a policewoman and her two children ablaze in Nnokwa, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The suspect, identified as Nneamaka Nwosu, a native of Amawbia in Awka South Local Government Area of the state, was said to have come in contact with the deceased when she became homeless following …

Fire razed the Olusesi Plank market in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State on Thursday morning. The incident was said to be as a result of power surge which emanated from a nearby shop and spread to the plank market. According to residents of the area, a similar incident happened about two year ago. According to an eyewitness, …

One person was reportedly set ablaze inside his Sienna car when gunmen stormed the Abakpa area of the Enugu metropolis at about 5:30 am on Monday. About two vehicles and five tricycles were also burnt by the hoodlums suspected to be enforcing sit-at-home order that was gradually being ignored by residents in the South-East. The incidents brought about early morning …

Tragedy struck in Oke-Keesi, Itoko area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Saturday as a middle-aged woman, simply known as Mama Dada, set herself ablaze in her rented apartment. It was gathered that the deceased committed suicide over her inability to repay a loan she took from a microfinance bank (name withheld). A source, Rasheed Aina, who resides near the deceased’s …

Properties worth several millions of Naira were on Friday destroyed when fire gutted the Owode Onirin iron rod market along Ikorodu Road, Lagos. According to a source, the incident occurred in the evening when the fire started in one of the shops in the market. Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Femi Oke-Osanyintolu said that …