No fewer than seven people lost their lives on Monday in two separate accidents in the Gbagada and Surulere areas of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that while two passengers died and 14 sustained varying degree of injuries in the Gbagada crash, five died and five others were injured in the Surulere incident. Our correspondents gathered that the Gbagada accident […]
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The Police in Jigawa on Tuesday arrested a 20-year-old teacher for allegedly burning a Volkswagen Bus belonging to a company in Dutse Local Government Area of the state. The police Spokesman, Mr Jinjiri Abdu, who confirmed the arrest, said the suspect, (Names withheld), a junior secondary school teacher, allegedly used petrol and matches and set the bus ablaze. He explained […]
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No fewer than 18 passengers travelling from Agbor to Warri in Delta State with the state-owned inter-city bus, on Friday morning, narrowly escaped death as the vehicle went up in flames while in motion. It was gathered that pandemonium broke out midway into the journey at the Police Junction in Abraka, when passengers began to notice smoke from the moving […]
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Mysterious fire early yesterday gutted ‘The Young Shall Grow’ Bus Terminal/Warehouse, located at New Cemetery Road, Onitsha, Anambra State, destroying about ten luxury buses worth over N600 million. The fire was said to have started at about 3.am. No life was lost but many sustained minor injuries while trying to rescue some buses and other property of the company at […]
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WHAT IS A FIRE EXTINGUISHER? A fire extinguisher, or extinguisher, according to Wikipedia, “is an active fire protection device used to extinguish or control small fires, often in emergency situations. It is not intended for use on an out-of-control fire, such as one which has reached the ceiling, endangers the user (i.e., no escape route, smoke, explosion hazard, etc.), or […]
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INTRODUCTION In an automobile fire outbreak, there is a common erroneous belief that outbreak of fire is inevitable and in most cases cannot be salvaged. This is not true as majority of automobile fire outbreak could be avoided or controlled but only if certain simple precautions are observed, so that the damage or loss associated with fire disaster could be […]
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