Tag: Fire outbreak

Several shops and goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed by fire at Nguru’s popular central market in Yobe State. The Chairman of the Nguru local government council, Madu Kachalla, who confirmed the incident to newsmen, said no life was lost but many businessmen who have shops were severely affected by the disaster. The cause of the fire incident is yet to be known, but eyewitnesses said it might have been caused by illegal electrical connections. Nguru is one of the populous local governments in which Governor Mai Mala…

Many farmlands, including crops, are feared destroyed by a wildfire in the Gulani local government area of Yobe State. The incident, which occurred late Tuesday evening, along Gulani-Teteba eastern flank of the town, has caused panic, apprehension as well as anxiety among people within the farming community. The cause of the fire, which is yet to be ascertained, gutted farmlands with a total distance of about 7 kilometers. One of the victims, who gave his name as Mohammed Isa, said, “When we first sighted a strange smoke around our farmlands,…

Hundreds of shops and goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed in a fire incident at Gashua Hay Market, in Yobe State. This is coming a week after a fire destroyed Katsina Central Market and a market in Zamfara State.  The Gashua fire incident started on Saturday night into yesterday morning, an eyewitness told newsmen. He said goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed in the fire outbreak.  Although the cause of the fire incident yet to be known, residents suspect it to be from smokers around the…