Fire razes Ajah market

A fire broke out in Ajah Market in Lagos, at about 4:30pm, Sunday, June 14 According to eyewitnesses on the scene, several shops had been burnt before the firefighters arrived to put out the fire. At the moment, it is unclear what started the fire.

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September 3, 2014

“She went to play Baba-Ijebu” | Kids almost roast to death because Mummy is a gambler

by Kolapo Olapoju Three children almost died from a fire outbreak in their home, after their mother locked them up in the apartment and went to play a midday lottery. The incident occurred on Tuesday, 2 September, at their flat in a four-storey building, at 62, Francis Street, Onitsha, Anambra State. A few minutes after... Read More

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November 22, 2013

26 people now confirmed dead in Latvian mall accident

The death toll from the collapse of a roof at a shopping mall in the Latvia capital has climbed to 26, authorities said Friday. Latvian rescue services spokeswoman Viktorija Sembele said 35 people had also been injured in Thursday’s collapse at the Maxima shopping mall, in western Riga. Search teams continue to comb the... Read More

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September 13, 2013

Chinese slumdog? 20-month-old boy falls into a pit of excrement while trying to use public toilet (Viewer Discretion)

A 20-month-old baby boy fell into a pit of sludge and excrement after trying to use a public toilet. Firefighters were called to rescue the toddler as he lay floundering in the pit in Yanji, north east China. Chinese loos are typically a hole in the ground. Still potty training, the boy had lost his... Read More

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July 28, 2013

Meet the 10-year-old girl who miraculously caught newborn baby thrown from burning building by its mother

As fire engulfed their apartment building, a 10-year-old Georgia girl stood beneath a second-story window and caught a newborn dropped to safety by its desperate mother. Now, Zna Gresham is being hailed as a hero for catching the baby, one of three young children dropped from the window Thursday at the Arbors at North Decatur... Read More

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July 23, 2013

Lucky youngster: Dramatic moment girl, 5, gets rescued after hanging loose from 24th floor window bars (PHOTOS)

A little girl whose head got trapped in window railings 70 metres high in a tower block has been rescued by firefighters The five-year-old had climbed out of the living room window apparently because she wanted to take a ‘look around’. Footage shown by China’s state broadcaster shows she had apparently managed to squeeze her... Read More

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May 28, 2013

DISTURBING: Baby rescued from toilet pipe after being flushed away by parents (PHOTOS)

Firefighters in eastern China have rescued an abandoned newborn baby boy lodged in a sewage pipe directly beneath a toilet commode, state television reported, in a case which has sparked anger on social media sites. There are frequent reports in Chinese media of babies being abandoned, often shortly after birth, a problem attributed variously to... Read More

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Fire razes Ajah market

“She went to play Baba-Ijebu” | Kids almost roast to death because Mummy is a gambler

26 people now confirmed dead in Latvian mall accident

Chinese slumdog? 20-month-old boy falls into a pit of excrement while trying to use public toilet (Viewer Discretion)

Meet the 10-year-old girl who miraculously caught newborn baby thrown from burning building by its mother

Lucky youngster: Dramatic moment girl, 5, gets rescued after hanging loose from 24th floor window bars (PHOTOS)

DISTURBING: Baby rescued from toilet pipe after being flushed away by parents (PHOTOS)

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