Firefighters deal with fire on Nico House in Blantyre
Blantyre City Council fire brigade were tackling a fire in Nico House in Blantyre City on Friday.
The cause of the fire is not yet known but an employee of Nico says there’re renovations at NBS bank which is also housed in Nico House.
The fire started from third floor.
Everyone was evacuated from Nico House and section of the highway from Petroda Filling Station through Escom House was closed.
According to witnesses, the BCC Fire Brigade struggled to reach the top floor which was engulfed in fire because they had no ladders to reach the floor while the fire engines had little water carrying capacity, and had to be repeatedly driven off to be refilled.
BCC chief fire officer Prescot Sailas on Friday conceded: “Despite facing challenges we managed to successfully put out the fire.”
Nico House also houses Shifa Private Hospital. Patients were evacuated.
The cause of the fire was not known at this stage.
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aochaso. next ikhala building iti/ tikumvaaaaaaaaaaaaa
atenyjaso. tikumva tidikile. cilipo cilipo.
komso a malawi anta dongosolo la zinthu. ma building antaaa protocol. how and when to call for help anta kuidziwa\
fire extinguisher palibe amaidziwa , no training, no fire exits. antaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
LIP SERVIVE no 1. kunena kulemba ma speech no 1
Mesimadzi. You are a tribalist. Dangerous person in a country like Malawi. Shame!!!!
Inakakhala ofesi ya chaponda bwezi atumbuka akunena zambiri. Pepani Nico company.
Simugonatulo ndi atumbuka? Ndiye ndinu omvetsa chisonitu
Nzeru alibe anthu amenewa. Amaopa mtumbuka kwambiri.
Wanker
Simukugona ndi atumbuka eti
The white man walking away from the scene looks suspicious, question him quickly. And why are some of the Malawians smiling at the tragic scene unfolding in front of them?
We need to enact laws that these tupes of buildings should have fire suppression systems like sprinklers or smoke alarms installed. Blantyre will soon look like a Ghost town after escom house also burnt down years ago.
And most buildings in Blantyre are old
There is always no followup on institutional fires or arson in this country