Tag Archives: OUTBREAK

A mother and her four children died in a house fire suspected to be an act of arson in Katooke Village, Nansana Municipality in Wakiso District on Saturday. Police identified the deceased as Darren Namutebi, 30, Aisha Birungi, 13, Jennifer Nanyonjo, 8, Mugenyi Seguya, 7, and Israel Ntulume, 6. Kampala …

A two-storey building warehouse at Suame Magazine, zone 2 in the Suame Metropolis of the Ashanti region is on fire. The fire broke out at the warehouse containing spare parts at around 7:00 am on Tuesday, 12 January 2020. Firefighters have been at the scene for about two hours fighting …

Several residents have been rendered homeless following a wild fire which swept through Abonkor, a suburb of Tema Newtown in the Greater Accra Region, Saturday dawn. About 40 wooden structures were completely burnt, with their occupants unable to salvage any of their valuables in the area commonly called Waterland. Aside …

Fire has swept through some wooden structures serving as makeshift shelters at the slum Dagombaline in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi. Citi News’ Ashanti Regional correspondent, Hafiz Tijani said fire personnel are at the scene but appear to have been having difficulties gaining access to the fire.     The …

There has been a reported incident of fire outbreak on the Campus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Sunday dawn. Though details of the fire outbreak are sketchy, initial reports on social media were that the fire outbreak happened at the Republic Hall, one of the halls …

Two ministers of The Church of Pentecost in the Berekum Area and their families escaped a near disaster on Sunday morning [October 18, 2020] when fire gutted their mission house. The fire outbreak started at the time the pastors and their families were away in church. Pastor Samuel Essel of …

Barely a month after the explosion in Beirut’s seaport, Lebanon, killed around 190 persons, there has been another fire outbreak at the port. Last month’s explosion injured over 5,000 people, causing outrage which led to the resignation of Lebanon’s Prime Minister and the entire Government. And another fire outbreak has …