28 lives lost as fire destroys property worth N23bn in 3 months

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BY NEWS DESK, FEBRUARY 21, 2023 | 12:00 PM


The Federal Fire Service, FFS, said property worth N23billion was destroyed by fire in the last quarter of 2022 and 28 lives lost in 649 incidences.

The service disclosed this in its statistical information made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja.

It also showed that a total of 29 lives were saved with 40 rescued and N145.4billion estimated property saved within the period under review.

The statistics also showed that the causes of the fire incidents were due to various reasons, ranging from electrical equipment and high voltage from PHCN.

Others are illegal storage of petroleum products, bush fire, electrical spark, among others.

It said the affected areas include private dwellings, educational establishment, shops and clubs.

Others are hotels, restaurants, factories, banks, petrol stations, transformer, oil/gas, timber sheds, automobiles, markets, plane crash, among others.

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