A 78-year-old man has been burnt to death after his house caught fire. The incident occurred Wednesday night in Chafumbulula Village of Traditional Authority (T/A) Chidzuma in the district. The deceased has since been identified as Sabatukuka Mdala. Mdala was working as a herdsman and on October 21, 2020 around 15:00 hours he went to […]
About 432 bags of maize have been destroyed in Dowa after a motor vehicle caught fire today, Monday. Dowa Police Spokesperson Sub-inspector Gladson M’bumpha has told media that the incident happened at Chingondo Bridge in Chingondo Village, TA Chiwere enroute to Nkhatabay from Mchinji. M’bumpha said the motor vehicle, a Scania which was being driven […]
With calls for government to equip all district councils with fire fighting equipment., on Friday morning fire gutted part of the drug store at Nkhotakota District Hospital, destroying essential drugs and other medical supplies. The hospital’s spokesperson Garry Chilinga confirmed the incident and said the cause of the fire has not yet been identified. Chilinga […]
All 146 patients have been evacuated after fire gutted part of the 200 capacity Balaka district hospital Friday morning. There was pandemonium at the hospital as some patients temporarily forgot their pain and jumped out of their beds to save their lives not from the disease they were suffering from but from the fire. The […]
A fire has broken out at Balaka District Hospital. Patients have been evacuated from a hospital as a fire blazed the facility in the early hours of Friday. The cause of the fire is yet to be established.
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has allayed concerns that a fire broke out at its head office Msokho House in Blantyre, saying there were only “a spark” from a power extension in one of the offices . “As per safety requirements, all employees had to evacuate when the alarm and siren were triggered,” said MRA […]
Two young brothers aged four and seven on Sunday were suffocated to death following a fire that trapped them while asleep when their mother was away in Area 36 Lilongwe. Lilongwe Police station deputy spokesperson, Foster Benjamin, the mother allegedly left a burning candle on the refrigerator and went to the market to sell Mang’ina […]
Fire in the early hours of Wednesday destroyed about 19 shops and over 29 benches at Limbuli old market in Mulanje District. An eye witness, Chenjezo Thom, the fire started after a spark erupted at an electric pole that lit shops next to it and spread to the other shops. “I saw a spark at […]
One person was rushed to Blantyre Adventist Hospital after getting injured in the morning fire at Delamere House in Blantyre. Blantyre police spokesperson Augustus Nkhwazi said the person, who is yet to be identified, was cut by flying glass during the inferno in the Pakachere Health and Development offices in the building. “We will know […]
Fire crews were called at Delamere House in Blantyre on Friday morning destroyed by a blaze amid concerns over the stability of the building. The House became engulfed in flames after a fire suspected to have started in one of the rooms housing Pakachere offices. One of the fire fighters told Nyasa Times that it […]
Zomba City Council fire brigade team has managed to put out the fire at thes Chancellor College Law Department building . The building was in smokes after the incessant on and off Escom power supply led to sparks in the department’s library and left it’s roof on fire. Students were seen scampering for their dear books […]
Guests at President Walmont Hotel in Lilongwe were hurriedly evacuated to safety as a precautionary measure following fire which broke out in one of the kitchens. Acting manager for Umodzi Park Hotel and Resort, managers of the hotel, Harvey Chingondo said the fire broke out around 4:30am. “Our workers managed to put out the fire. […]
Fire has razed down part of Mangochi district hospital as authorities failed to contain the situation because the district council has no fire brigade. Officials said all the health components which are supported by USAID under Global Fund have been affected by the Wednesday fire. The programs include ART, malaria, family planning and TB drugs, […]
Fire has gutted one of the biggest markets in the country, the Blantyre market, the fifth destructive fire in the country in the past five days. Blantyre city council spokesperson Anthony Kasunda said it was too early to establish the cause of the fire last night and the cost of the loss. “The police and […]
Property worth millions have been destroyed as a blaze swept at Leopard Match Limited in Blantyre. Fire fighters from Blantyre City Council (BCC) rushed to the scene to extinguish the fire. “We don’t know what caused the fire but it has been extinguished,” said one of the fire engineers. But one of the workers said […]
Another fire has gutted the house of State House IT officer, bringing to three the number of fires that have destroyed property just in the past 24 hours. State House press secretary and presidential spokesperson Mgeme Kalilani said the fire at the house of Chancy Chingwalungwalu affected just part of the house. “Mr. Chingwalungwalu and […]
Fire has gutted down two shops last night which belong to businessmen of Asian origin. Eye witnesses said goods worth millions of money has been destroyed in the fire. People rushed to the scene of the incident to help put down the fire and help take some of the property out of the raging fire […]
Fire extinguishers on Sunday morning rushed to Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale’s private house in Blantyre which caught fire. Kaphale confirmed in an interview that his house in Chileka, Blantyre was on fire and that property worthy of millions of money was up in flames. He also said the house is extensively damaged. Kaphale suspected the […]