"The fire which had initially spread to the storage room of the home has been extinguished with dampening down concluded," LASEMA noted in the statement.
An early morning fire has destroyed good worth millions of naira at IC World Emporia Centre, a popular shopping mall in Gwarimpa Estate, Abuja. Eyewitnesses say the fire started at about 4am on Wednesday morning.
More than 20 fire crews tackled the blaze, and by early Friday the block was a giant fire-blackened shell. People were urged to stay away from the area.
Firefighters who responded to a fire incident in Sagamu, Ogun State, were reportedly chased away by locals. The fire broke out ealier today, Oct 13, and people reached out to the Director of the Ogun State Fire Service for help.
The whole fire situation erupted uproar from residents but was brought under control by combined effort of Federal fire service and other security agencies present.
"Many fire service officers are here, both the state and federal fire service officers. The sympathizers are also helping to quench the fire but there is no headway. "All the goods in this large warehouse have been burnt down.
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.
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service yesterday released its mid-year report indicating that 42 people died in various fire incidents while over N14.62bn worth of properties were lost.
A fire outbreak has razed down up to 30 hectares of farmlands in Abia State, according to Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria, CFAN, Bloomberg reports.
Elizabeth Ekpenyong, the widow late chairman of the Peoples' Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State, Obong Udo Ekpenyong, was killed when a fire broke out at her house in Uyo, the state capital.
A video of a pastor and his congregants calling down Holy Ghost fire on a man who entered their church with a fetish item, has made the rounds on social media.
The fire started at about 10 p.m. and was taken out. Security agents from the nearby Command of the Rivers Police stormed the complex, and a fire truck was seen on the grounds of the facility.
The Bosso fire incident which spread quickly engulfing the house before assistance could reach those trapped inside the apartment, was caused by a strong electricity power surge from the public power grid to the area which sparked off fire on