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Fire burnt N8bn property in Cross River – Fire Service

The Federal Fire Service said property valued at more than N8 billion were destroyed by fire in Cross River from Janauary to Oct. 26. Mrs...

Driver collapses after car catches fire, burns to ashes

Driver of a KIA vehicle with registration number GE-8466-20 has been rushed to the hospital for treatment following a fire outbreak that caught his...

Fire destroys house at Mataheko

Fire has destroyed a residential apartment at Mataheko in Accra The incident happened Wednesday morning. According to the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), three fire pumps...

Crimean bridge fire: Blaze erupts on only bridge linking peninsula to Russia

A large fire on the only crossing between the occupied Crimean peninsula and Russia was caused by a lorry explosion, Russian officials say. A blast...

Trailer truck goes up in flames on Accra-Tema Motorway

A video has emerged on social media of a trailer truck burning to ashes on the Accra-Tema Motorway. The video, shared by UTV on its...

EU monitor : Warns of new wildfire record this year in Europe

More than twice the size of Luxembourg has been burned down this year. This summer, most of Europe has been a tinderbox, making it easy for fires to spread. This is due to a combination of repeated heat waves, which are a result of a rising trend brought on by climate change, and a continuous lack of rainfall. The most recent report from the European Forest Fire Information System shows that since the start of 2022, flames have destroyed approximately 660,000 hectares of EU land, an area that is more than twice the size of Luxembourg (EFFIS). In 2017, the bloc's worst wildfire year, about 420,000 hectares had been burnt by mid-August before a devastating October pushed it up to 988,087...

Cuba’s worst fire : Now under control after 5 days continuous burning

On Tuesday, firefighters finally overcame what officials described as the worst fire in Cuba's history that over five days destroyed 40% of the Caribbean...

Fire razes down structures at Madina Ritz Junction

A fire outbreak at Ritz Junction, a suburb of Madina, Accra, has razed down over 100 structures. Reporting the incident, the National Fire Service, in a...

Ford advising over 39,000 Expedition and Navigator owners to park outside due to fire risk

Ford is advising the owners of 39,013 Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs to park their vehicles outdoors because they could spontaneously catch fire. The...

Police apartment gutted by fire

Several household appliances in rooms on the ground floor of a three-storey building, which houses nine police officers and their families of the Nkawkaw...

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