The Federal Fire Service says two lives were lost and property worth N1.59 billion destroyed by fire in Bauchi State between January and December 2025.
The Public Relations Officer in charge of the state command of the service, Umar Lawal, disclosed this in a fire outbreak statistics made available on Monday in Bauchi.
Lawal said that the command saved four lives and property worth N2.86 billion in 167 fire incidents reported within the period under review.
He said that the fire incidents affected public and government buildings, private dwellings, educational establishments, markets, petrol and gas stations as well as automobiles.
Giving a breakdown of the figure, he explained that properties worth N23 million were lost while N855.1 billion worth of properties were saved in 10 fire incidents that affected public and government buildings.
He added that properties worth N605 million were also lost while N1.4 billion worth of other properties were saved in 80 fire incidents that engulfed private dwellings within the period under review.
According to him, N120 million worth of properties were destroyed and N200 million others were saved in fire incidents that affected educational establishments.
“N45 million worth of properties were lost while N90 million worth of properties were saved by the service in five market fire incidents.
“N23.7 million worth of properties were lost and N53 million worth of properties were saved in 15 fire incidents that affected petrol and gas stations.
“Also, N70 million properties were lost while N33 million others were saved in 15 fire outbreaks affecting automobiles in the state.”
Lawal attributed most of the fire incidents in the state to electrical equipment malfunction, power surge, illegal storage of petroleum products, accidents and dustbin fire outbreaks.
The spokesman advised residents of the state to ensure the safekeeping of electrical appliances when not in use to guard against fire outbreaks.
He also warned against overloading of electrical appliances, adding that the action increases the chance of fire outbreak.
“Fire safety is essential in every aspect of human activities and if we can prevent fire outbreak occurrence, we can save our lives, properties and the environment we live in for our daily activities.
“Overloading of electrical appliances is also part of carelessness because every circuit box has a capacity of current they can carry,” he added.
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