Kasirye identified the deceased children as Mirembe Monica (6) and Mugisha Aloysius (5) while their elder brother who survived with fire injuries has been identified as a 9-year-old Antonio Hakuzimana. Three children left in a house by their mother at night were burnt by an accidental fire that gutted their house, beginning with the mosquito […]
The Police have identified the two people who died in the Wednesday fire that gutted the Sunrise Hotel Building in Kampala. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, has identified the victims as Akot Akol Arop Chan, a South Sudan national and Shineni Mwinsadi, a Tanzanian national. Police say that among the 17 injured victims, 9 have […]
Security officers at the Parliament of Uganda were on Wednesday taken by surprise as a National Resistance Movement (NRM) cadre set himself on fire. The angry and frustrated young NRM supporter has been identified as Benjamin Agaba. He set himself ablaze near the main entrance to the Parliament of Uganda. Agaba alleges that his property […]
A wax candle left burning by a housewife of Kitaka zone in Busega, Kyengera Town Council who had gone to buy some household requirements, accidentally set ablaze a house killing three children aged between three and ten years. According to neighbours, the housewife identified as Maureen Mbabazi, wife of Ernest Kato Mugerwa, an accountant, locked […]
A wild fire has gutted Lutoboka, a landing site that acts as the face of Kalangala Town Council in Kalangala District. The fire, presumed to have been set by a woman said to have been smoking fish within the landing site left more than 30 houses, with about 100 people left homeless. The incident […]
Traders are counting losses after a bus they were traveling in caught fire. The bus belonging to Friends Bus Company Limited registration number UBL 996N caught fire on Saturday opposite Jet Oil Fuel Station in Rubaare town council, Ntungamo district. The bus was transporting more than 40 passengers, mostly traders and goods from Kampala to Goma-Gisenyi […]
Kamuli Girls Primary School has temporarily been closed after the Friday night fire that gutted the Primary Seven dormitory, resulting in the loss of all the pupils’ belongings. The dormitory housed more than 100 pupils, all of whom escaped unharmed. The learners attribute their safe escape to the presence of multiple exit points and spaces […]