LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A strange fire outbreak at the internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp at Gamboru Ngala in Borno has rendered over 100 inmates homeless. The fire outbreak which occurred on Sunday evening completely destroyed three mud brick shelters, 12 makeshift shelters and nine emergency shelters. An official of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA)…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A major fire ripped through South Africa’s 138-year-old Parliament complex on Sunday, gutting offices and causing some ceilings to collapse at a site that has hosted some of the country’s pivotal moments. As firefighters struggled to tame the blaze, a dark plume of smoke and flames rose high into the air above…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The inferno at Next Cash and Carry supermarket in the Jahi area of Abuja was caused by an electrical surge, a worker at the supermarket said. The worker who pleaded anonymity said the fire started from the first floor of the building around 8am on Sunday morning. This is as he…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-seven people were feared dead after a fire swept through a mental health clinic in the Japanese city of Osaka, the local fire department said. The blaze is being treated as suspected arson, the Kyodo news agency said, quoting police sources saying that a man who appeared to be in his 60s…