Fire at Borno IDP Camp Claims Three Lives, Leaves Six Injured

Fire incident at internally displaced persons camp in Borno State has claimed three lives and left six other persons injured, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has revealed.

The agency in a statement by its Information Officer in the North-east Zonal Office, Maiduguri, Mallam AbdulKadir Ibrahim, revealed that the fire incident started from the kitchen section of the camp.

Ibrahim said the incident was at the College of Business Administration, Konduga which presently houses 6,213 displaced persons.

He said the fire which gutted part of the camp, started at about 10:40a.m.yesterday.

He said immediately the fire was noticed, the Emergency Response team of NEMA was sent to the scene to quench it.

When contacted, the Chairman of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (BOSEMA), described the fire incident as unfortunate.

He noted that the sad incident has left the management of the camp with a decision to make.

He said: “We have to put structures in place to ensure that similar incident does not occur at the Konduga camp and at any other of our camps.

Satomi, who spoke with THISDAY at about 5:15p.m. yesterday, said he just returned from Konduga to the state capital, Maiduguri, to transport food and other relief materials for the immediate use of those at the camp.