An eyewitness, simply identified as Grace, who is also one of the sex workers, disclosed that as the man was refilling the generator on Sunday evening, the generating set went up in flame
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The Tower Aluminum Complex located at Ikeja, Lagos, was on Wednesday evening gutted by fire, which destroyed properties worth millions of naira.
No fewer than 24 rooms have been destroyed and scores of families rendered homeless as fire gutted a police barracks near Obalende in Lagos Wednesday morning.
The fire was said to have started in the morning, just as people were preparing to go to church and others were already in the church
The command’s spokeswoman, ASP Grace Iringe-Koko, told newsmen in Port Harcourt that the incident, suspected to be the handiwork of hoodlums, occurred in the early hours of Monday
Alhaji Usman Adamu, the Caretaker Chairman of the Grains Market Association, told NAN that the incident happened at about 3am
The Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Rasak Fadipe, told the News Agency of Nigeria that some of the shops were also used in storing vegetable oil
Emenike told the News Agency of Nigeria in Port Harcourt on Sunday that the fire did not, however, affect the main refinery before it was put out by fire service officers
The first two victims were found immediately, officials said, while the others were found later as rescuers moved through the smouldering building
According to the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief Olisa Metuh, the fire was caused by some electrical faults around 8.15 pm but was promptly put off
A statement issued by the Bank reads in part, “The fire which was restricted to a small section of the floor was contained effectively as a result of the presence of early detection equipment, stringent HSE management system and Business Continuity Processes currently in place at the Bank
Conducting newsmen round, the Chairman of the market, Sunday Ewulum, expressed sadness over the fire outbreak
The Director-General of the agency, Abbas Idriss, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that N108.2 million worth of property were lost in the period
Yahaya-Joe said he received a phone call and was informed that the fire started from a cold room store before spreading to other parts
When Vanguard visited the scene, it was gathered that the fire started at 6.30pm from an apartment, which housed about 14 power generating sets
The Police Public Relations Officer, Benue State Police Command, DSP Daniel Ezeala, said in Makurdi that the couple was burnt beyond recognition in their apartment
Yusuf told reporters in Yola that the incident occurred in the couple’s residence in Shagari Quarters, Yola-South Local Government Area
NAN reports that Raymond was a teacher with the Anglican Nursery and Primary School, Akpehe
Kangiwa said the hostels were razed down by an early morning inferno on Monday while the students were at the school’s assembly ground
The fire, which occurred at about 8.05am after staff of the bank had concluded their morning meeting, attracted a crowd