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Kaduna Fire Service records 84 fire outbreaks in January

Kaduna Fire Service records 84 fire outbreaks in January

Fire

By Ezra Musa

Kaduna, Jan. 8, 2020 (NAN) The Kaduna State Fire Service says it recorded 87 fire outbreaks and seven deaths in January 2020.
Mr Paul Aboi, Director of the service made this known on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna.
Aboi said the fire outbreaks were recorded in Kaduna Zaria and Kafanchan.
He said the outbreaks were caused mainly by carelessness in the use of electrical appliances and ignorance in handling naked fires.

The director said January usually recorded high rate of fire incidences because it was a core dry season.

“We will continue to sensitise residents on fire safety measures to reduce the number of fire outbreaks.

“The efforts of the state fire service saved the state over N 2 billion worth of goods and property from over 87 fire outbreaks in the month.

“The property destroyed was estimated at N 700, 000 while the department was able to save properties worth N2 billion,” he said.

According to him, investigation shows that most of the fire incidents occurred as a result of negligence and improper installation of electrical appliances.

Mr Aboi advised residents of the state to be very careful with their electrical appliances and always disconnect them from power sources when they were not in use. (NAN)

EMZ/ABI
Edited by Ali Baba-Inuwa

Economy

NPA inaugurates investigative committee on Tin Can Port fire incidents

NPA inaugurates investigative committee on Tin Can Port fire incidents
NAN-HE-26
Investigation
By Aisha Cole
Lagos, Jan. 9, 2018 (NAN) The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Usman, has inaugurated an investigative committee to look into the causes of the recent fire incidents at the Tin Can Port, Lagos.

In a statement by the General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, Malam Abdulahi Goje, on Tuesday in Lagos, Usman urged the committee to come up with recommendations toward preventing a recurrence.

She spoke when the NPA management team visited the scenes of the fire incidents on Tuesday.

According to Usman, further steps will be taken to look into ways of safeguarding and taking drastic measures toward preventing recurrence of the unfortunate incidents across all ports in the country.

“The Executive Committee of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) also noted that the recent fire incidents which occurred resulted into loss of some official documents at its Tin Can Island Port Complex (TCIP) offices.

“The Management will always make sure that the security of lives and property which is one of its cardinal thrusts since inception, is strictly adhered to,” the statement read in part.

According to the statement, the Publicity Secretary of ANLCA, Dr Kayode Farinto, appreciated the visit by the management of NPA and solicited for inclusion of a member of the association to be part of the investigative team.

According to the statement, the committee had eulogised the quick response and professionalism of the NPA Fire Service Division toward combating the fire which could have been more devastating. (NAN)
AIC/AJA/MST
Edited by Adeleye Ajayi/Muhammad Suleiman Tola