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Former ADC, 3 Others Killed In Fire Outbreak In Jos

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Retired ASP Anthony Kwame, former Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to ex-Gov. Fidelis Tapgun of Plateau, was on Monday morning killed in an inferno that gutted his residence in the Jenta-Adamu neighbourhood of Jos.

Also killed along with the retired police officer were his two daughters, Theresa and Kerry, and son, Emmanuel. According to Mr Terna Tyopev, the spokesman of the Plateau Police Command, Kwame’s wife, Charity and his daughter, Evelyn, survived the early morning fire disaster but sustained severe burns. “The deceased were burnt to ashes; what were taken to the mortuary of Plateau Specialist Hospital in Jos were just the skeletons,’’ Tyopev told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Monday.

The cause of the fire was not known but neighbours told NAN that the fire started around 1 a.m.

“The fire started around 1 a.m; that is all I am sure of,’’ a neighbour, Tina Fobur, said. The Village Head of Jenta-Adamu, Mr Kabala Bako, whose residence shares a fence with that of the deceased, said that he rushed out of his house when he heard sounds of the fire.

“When Ì rushed out, I called out other neighbours and we tried to put out the fire, but it had already engulfed the entire house and there was nothing we could do about it.

“But we succeeded in making sure that that not so many houses in our area were affected. “In spite of our efforts, some adjacent houses were affected but no life was lost,’’ he said.

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Information Minister Inspects Equipment At NTA Headquarters

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday inspected equipment destroyed by fire at the International Station of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) in Abuja.

 

Mohammed told newsmen after inspecting the facility that the “dehumidifiers” became too dry, resulting to a fire outbreak at the station on Sunday.

 

He, however, said that the fire from the equipment did not affect other transmission equipment in the station.

 

The dehumidifiers prevented the transmission equipment from damage.

 

The minister said NTA International had since resumed transmission after the incident.

 

On the way forward, the minister said: “We have to replace the dehumidifiers and look at long-term strategies to prevent a reccurrence in future.

 

“This thing should be expected in any system; it does happen. The important thing is to see that it does not repeat itself.’’

The minister urged the workers to be vigilant and ensure that there was no negligence of duty.

 

 

(NAN)

Fire outbreak at the Lagos Internal Revenue office

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The third floor of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service office, Ikeja was on Monday morning gutted by fire.

The office which is located at the Good Shepherd House in Alausa went up in flame at about 9. 30 am on Monday as workers at the office rushed of the building to avoid being caught up in the inferno.


Men of the Lagos State Fire Service arrived the scene to battle the fire while security operatives have condoned off the area.

The third floor houses the office of the Director of administration of the service.

The cause of the fire is presently unknown.

Nigerian woman among 10 killed in Saudi fire

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An unnamed Nigerian woman, three Canadians and one Pakistani, were among the 10 people killed in a fire outbreak at a residential complex rented by oil giant, Saudi Aramco over the weekend as reported by Saudi authorities.

 

According to the report, the fire resulted from an electric shock circuit in the underground park where 130 cars were parked. It is believed that about 35 vehicles were completely destroyed by the fire.

 

The civil defense confirmed that 259 people were wounded but 179 had been discharged.

 

 

The five others who died in the blaze were yet to be named as at Monday.

 

Foreigners represent 30 per cent of employers at Saudi Aramco as it employs more than 61,000 workers worldwide from 77 countries.