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Cape Town fire ‘contained’ as firefighters battle windy conditions
A blaze advanced along South Africa's iconic Table Mountain toward central Cape Town on Monday after ravaging university buildings, while firefighters battled strong winds in their efforts to control it and officials evacuated residential areas.
Firefighters battle to contain blaze on South Africa’s Table Mountain
South African emergency workers have started evacuating three 17-storey residential buildings overlooking Cape Town city as a wildfire fanned by strong winds continues to burn out of control along Table Mountain, city officials said on Monday.
Table Mountain wildfire threatens South African university
A wildfire on the slopes of South Africa's Table Mountain forced University of Cape Town students to evacuate on Sunday, as runaway flames set several campus buildings ablaze and firefighters used helicopters to water-bomb the area.
Patients evacuated after fire at South Africa hospital
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TVGE: Explosions kill at least 20 in Equatorial Guinea city of Bata
A series of large explosions at a military base rocked the city of Bata in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday, killing at least 20 people and injuring hundreds, local television station TVGE said.
Delta governor: The gains of concessioning Asaba airport
The International lounge of the Asaba International Airport hosted prominent Deltans, top Government functionaries and investors Tuesday as the Airport was concessioned to a master concessionaire (FIDC-Menzies Consortium, now incorporated as Asaba Airport Company Limited) and sub-concessionaires of technical partners with a designated area of investment for 30 years by the State Government after five years of rigorous and painstaking exercise.
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Fire guts warehouses at Iddo railway terminal
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Governor Bala sympathises with victims of fire outbreak at Bauchi’s biggest shopping mall
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Fire destroys 70 shops in Lagos market
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Police: We’re investigating burning of Sunday Igboho’s house
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Inferno: Minister wants reorganization of Kugbo furniture market
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2020: 76 people died in 615 fire incidents in Kaduna – official
76 persons died in 615 fire incidents recorded in Kaduna State in 2020, the Director of the State Fire Service, Paul Aboi, has said.
2020: 76 people died in 615 fire incidents in Kaduna – official
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