Fire razes 700 shelters in Borno IDPs camp
The Secretary of the Council, Mohammed Lawan-Sheriff, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Maiduguri.
He said the fire incident, which began from a tent, gutted other shelters because there was no immediate fire service response in the camps at the time of the incident.He said the combined efforts of the IDPs, Civilian Joint Task Force, security agencies and other good Samaritans brought the situation under control.
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