A devastating fire has gutted the Oko Baba plank market in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos State. The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Services and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) are currently attending to the fire outbreak. An X user, Adedeji Olalekan, shared updates on the incident, tweeting, “Okobaba Street is on Read More…
A warehouse in a 14 storey building on Broad Street, Lagos Island, caught fire on Sunday afternoon, prompting a massive response from the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service. The fire, which started on the first floor of the Mandilas Building, spread to the fourth floor, sending plumes of smoke into the sky. The cause Read More…
A gas explosion occurred on Saturday night at a gas shop near the National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Surulere, Lagos State, causing damage to some sections of the iconic cultural landmark. According to the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, the fire was caused by an exploded gas cylinder and was brought under control within Read More…
An unfortunate incident shook Guinea’s capital, Conakry, as an explosion at the main oil terminal claimed the lives of at least eight individuals and left 84 others injured early on Monday. The aftermath of the blast resulted in a blaze that authorities are striving to contain, revealed a senior police official. Eyewitnesses described the harrowing Read More…
Saturday’s near-fire calamity in the Ojuelegba neighbourhood of Lagos was extinguished thanks to the efforts of Zebra Akinde Olusola and the other personnel of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). Mr. Taoqik Adebayo, the Director of the Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, provided details about this significant intervention in an official statement. Read More…
A two-storey building holding the Onitsha main market Police Station and stores selling lace fabrics was destroyed by fire on Tuesday early in the morning. Firefighters fought for hours to put out the fire while some traders managed to save their wares and others stood aside helplessly by as their stores were destroyed. Firefighters and Read More…
No life was lost, according to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), when a fire broke out at its Abuja headquarters on Friday. This was said in a statement released on Friday by Mr. Eddy Megwa, Director of Press Relations. He said that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Federal Fire Service Departments put out Read More…
The remains of an adult male were discovered at Plot 1114, Adeola Odeku St. in Victoria Island, Lagos, according to the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (LASFS). According to a statement issued by the organisation on Tuesday in Lagos and signed by its director, Mrs. Margaret Adeseye, an industrial generator caught fire and caused Read More…
Tall walls of black smoke came from the direction of the ultra-modern Tejuosho market indicating that there was a large fire close by. Initially, when at about 4.30 pm LM called the Lagos State Fire Service, they confirmed a fire outbreak in the area, but they couldn’t say exactly where the fire was, only that Read More…
Fire razed Filmhouse Cinema at the Apapa Shopping Mall in Apapa Lagos State on Friday. Activities were going on as usual in the mall when customers and workers started perceiving the smell of burning substances, emergency workers alongside curious customers in the mall traced the smell of the burning substances to the cinema that had been Read More…
