3 die in Borno IDPs camp inferno

National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday confirmed the death of three persons in Thursday’s fire disaster at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs’) camp in Monguno, Borno state.

The NEMA director-general, Mustapha Maihaja, in a statement signed on his behalf by spokesperson of the agency, Sani Datti, said 7,839 persons were affected by the disaster.

Sympathising with the victims, the NEMA boss said the agency was working in collaboration with other stakeholders to provide immediate relief assistance to the affected persons.

“The fire started at noon from one of the makeshift shelters where a woman was cooking, and spread across the camp, destroying about 402 re-enforced/transitional shelters and 933 makeshift homes,” he said.

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