{"id":970,"date":"2026-09-04T19:01:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T19:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/?p=970"},"modified":"2026-09-04T19:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T19:01:41","slug":"fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/?p=970","title":{"rendered":"Bauchi \u200c\u200d\u2060\u2060\u200d\u200d\u2060\u2060\u200c\u200d\u200c\u200d\u2060\u200d\u2060\u200d\u200cfire service rescues 222 persons, saves N2.6bn in six months"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wpadminbar\" class=\"nojq mobile\">\n<div id=\"wp-toolbar\" class=\"quicklinks\" role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Toolbar\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"page\" class=\"site\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content\">\n<section id=\"dt_posts\" class=\"dt_posts dt-py-default\">\n<div class=\"dt-container\">\n<div class=\"dt-row dt-g-4\">\n<div id=\"dt-main\" class=\"dt-col-lg-8 dt-col-md-12 dt-col-12 wow fadeInUp\">\n<div class=\"dt-row dt-g-4\">\n<div class=\"dt-col-lg-12 dt-col-sm-12 dt-col-12 single-post\">\n<article id=\"post-891826\" class=\"dt_post_item dt_posts--one dt-mb-4 post-891826 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-general-news single-post\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<h4 class=\"title\"><\/h4>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"nan-article-with-tracker\" data-nan-article=\"\" data-nan-post-id=\"891826\">\n<p>By Patience James<\/p>\n<p>Bauchi<\/p>\n<p>The Bauchi State Fire Service has rescued 222 persons and saved properties worth N2.6 billion from fire incidents in the last six months.<\/p>\n<p>Its Director-General, Mr Dauda Pali, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Bauchi.<\/p>\n<p>He said that 11 persons lost their lives in 188 fire incidents recorded between January and June.<\/p>\n<p>Pali said that the fire destroyed properties worth N268 million; 110 houses, 11 filling stations and a market stall.<\/p>\n<p>He attributed the fire outbreaks to poor handling of electrical appliances, indiscriminate smoking and bush burning.<\/p>\n<p>Pali said that the service was sensitising members of the public to fire prevention and control.<\/p>\n<p>While urging the residents to adhere to fire safety protocols, Pali enjoined filling stations, offices and markets to install fire extinguishers to curb fire outbreaks in the state.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bauchi State Fire Service has rescued 222 persons and saved properties worth N2.6 billion from fire incidents in the last six months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18],"tags":[616,92],"class_list":["post-970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security","tag-fireservice","tag-rescue"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_20250301-012107.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=970"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":971,"href":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/970\/revisions\/971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primerisenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}