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A homeless man died after setting a Zeerust building alight with a fire he had lit to keep warm, North West police said today. The man, 25, apparently lit the fire in an abandoned building without noticing that the building had wooden support structures, Constable Bontle Diphoko said. ...
Read Story at Sunday Times (2006-08-03)
About eighty huts in Benfica suburb, Luanda Island, were destroyed on Sunday evening, after a fire broke out in the commune. Angop has learnt from a fire-brigade spokesperson, Faustino Sebastião, that the fire, caused by lit candle, did not claim any live or injury, but it left at least ...
Read Story at AngolaPress (2005-10-03)
A fire that broke out in their bedroom in Malabo on Wednesday fatally burnt a two-year-old child seriously burnt his six brothers, including an 11-year-old, who were all asleep, police affirmed here Friday. The parents, who must have been out, had lit a candle in the children`s bedroom following a ...
Read Story at AngolaPress (2004-08-02)
Part of the 24-storey Great Nigeria House on Martins Street, Lagos was yesterday gutted bny fire. The edifice is owned by The Great Nigeria Insurance Company Limited, a subsidiary of Odua Group of Companies. The fire reportedly started from the eighth floor at about 3.15pm due to what many attributed ...
Read Story at ThisDay (2003-11-07)
About 60 people suffered burns and other injuries on Wednesday when smuggled petrol being stored in a house caught fire and exploded, local officials said. Many of the victims had rushed to help rescue residents from a house fire in Maradi, near the border with oil-producing Nigeria, but were ...
Read Story at IndependentOnline (2006-01-26)
About 60 people suffered burns and other injuries on Wednesday when smuggled petrol being stored in a house caught fire and exploded, local officials said. Many of the victims had rushed to help rescue residents from a house fire in Maradi, near the border with oil-producing Nigeria, but were ...
Read Story at IndependentOnline (2006-01-26)
Sarah Lotz, author of the recently released Tooth and Nailed, has admitted that she"s becoming a chick-lit convert: "They"re witty, funny and unputdownable books, and deserve to fly off the shelves." Kate Rogan of LoveBooks bookshop has selected for readers of The Times local chick-lit titles to curl ...
Read Story at Times Live (2010-08-06)
Fans lit seats on fire inside the Stadio Olimpico after Sunday"s home loss, which was Juve"s third defeat in its last four games. "I understand everyone"s disappointment, from the fans on down to the club," Ferrara said. "The goal now is to recreate the enthusiasm we had at ...
Read Story at Times Live (2010-01-11)
The popular Balogun Market in Central Lagos was yesterday engulfed by fire.The cause of the fire as at press time was unknown, but frantic traders, Men of the Federal and Lagos State Fire Services and the fire department of construction giant, Julius Berger battled to put off the fire.Goods running ...
Read Story at ThisDay (2006-02-10)
Fire-fighters continue to battle raging fires that started in the Paarl Mountain Reserve two days ago, a spokesman for the Drakenstein fire department said today. Fire-starters must be made to feel the heat Assistant chief fire officer Derrick Peceur said about 30 fire-fighters and two helicopters ...
Read Story at Sunday Times (2009-03-06)
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