An incident involving a fire outbreak at the fuel firm at Entebbe International Airport occurred yesterday and was contained Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Preliminary findings by the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority-UCAA show that a fuel spill caused the jet fuel tanks to catch fire. The fire broke out on Tuesday …
Read More »BUDO FIRE: What are the lessons?
COMMENT | Samson Tinka | The news on the morning of 28th April 2021 was the fire at Budo Grace- girl’s dormitory. Luckily no life was lost. On the same day, another building at a school not far from Budo was also reported to be on fire. According to the Uganda …
Read More »Fire guts carpentry workshops in Kasese
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 40 carpenters are counting losses after fire gutted carpentry workshops in Kasese Municipality. The burnt workshops are located in Kilembe quarters. Bernard Kazoora, the LCI Chairperson said that the fire gutted the workshops in the wee hours of Thursday morning and spread out …
Read More »Koboko district officials demand for probe into hospital fire
Koboko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Koboko district have demanded a speedy probe into the fire that gutted a store and destroyed supplies worth millions of shillings on Saturday. The fire reportedly resulted from a welding point in a nearby building. But reports indicate the store was under repair …
Read More »Fire destroys drugstore at Koboko general hospital
Koboko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire has gutted a drugstore at Koboko General Hospital. The fire broke out in the container that is used to store drugs and other-equipment worth millions of Shillings at around 1 pm on Sunday afternoon. According to preliminary information, the fire started from a nearby …
Read More »Three children perish in house fire in Kiryandongo
Kiryandongo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire has gutted a house in Kiryandongo district killing three minors. The incident occurred at around 8:30pm on Saturday night in Panyadoli B cell of Bweyale town council in Kiryandongo district. Police have since identified the deceased minors as Omira Mugema 5, James Ali 4 …
Read More »Vitafoam mattress store, processing plant razed to ashes
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The fire which gutted vitafoam mattress factory in Njeru Municipality Buikwe district on Monday morning ruined the main mattress production departments at the plant. Although police and the factory management have not yet ascertained the cost of damages caused by the fire, a store with …
Read More »FULL STATEMENT: Prof Nawangwe on Makerere fire
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Following the fire that gutted the Makerere Main Administration block, Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe has issued a statement outlining what happened, and plans ahead. He promises that the fire will not consume plans to revive the glory of the ‘Ivory Tower’. FULL …
Read More »Makerere University fire: Two security officers arrested
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two security officers who were on night duty at Makerere University main building on Sunday have been detained over negligence of duty when the fire broke out. A dressing journalists at Uganda Media Center, police spokesperson Fred Enanga said that preliminary findings indicated that …
Read More »Makerere officials reveal long list of key documents burnt in fire
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several records and documents will not be recovered from the Makerere University main building that was gutted by fire in the wee hours of Sunday, according to officials. They say that a majority of the documents that were stored in the building were still …
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