Fire

UCH: Patients take to heels as fire guts Accidents and Emergency ward

Patients, some on crutches, rushed out of the building to escape the fire.

Video: Two die in Lagos fuel tanker explosion

The fuel tanker ran into a stationary vehicle before going up in flames.

“How God burned down our market” – Sokoto trader

The fire reportedly started some two hours before midnight on Sunday.

Rivers State: INEC office goes up in flames

The development will make it difficult for INEC to conduct a July 30 rerun.

In Dubai, residential skyscraper goes up in flames

The flames “spread like wildfire”, a resident said.

Lagos: Mother in grief after two children die in early morning fire

The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

Benin: Two siblings, one other die in gas cylinder explosion

Somebody reportedly kept the cylinder in the building.

Kano: Millions lost as fire razes 44 shops at GSM market

Many of the traders had closed their shops when the fire started.

Deadly orphanage fire kills seven children, one teenager

The orphanage caters for children victims of abuse.

Catholic reverend father survives as alleged lover dies in cooking gas explosion

A source, however, said the Catholic minister was only trying to save the lady’s life.

Moses Ali: Children survive as pastor, wife die in midnight fire

Reports say neighbours helped in rescuing the couple’s children.

Son shoots parents, two sisters, sets family house on fire

He did not spare any member of the family.

Mum arrested after apartment fire kills 2-year-old daughter

The little girl hid under a bed to escaped the inferno. Still, she didn’t make it.

Octogenarian dies in house fire

The man never made it out of the house.

Two boys, aged 2 and 3, die after inhaling smoke in house fire

Although the kids were rescued from the fire, they died still.

Fire guts Singa Market in Kano, property worth millions of naira destroyed

Fire fighters are still battling the fire.

Hero or fool? Driver drives burning bus out of petrol station

Some say he is a fool, some say he is a hero.

Man in his forties sets himself on fire

The case is being treated as a suicide.