How 14 Migrants Including Nigerians Die As Boat Catches Fire In Senegal

Date: 30-06-2022 7:16 am (1 year ago) | Author: onuigbo felicia
- at 30-06-2022 07:16 AM (1 year ago)
Online (f)

No fewer than 14 migrants, including Nigerians have been reported dead following a fire incident that razed a boat in south Senegal.

Reports from the West African country also state that 21 people are injured as four of them suffered second degree burns as they embarked on a journey to Spanish Canary Islands before the boat caught fire.

The mayor of the coastal town, Kafountine in Casamance, David Diatta said that the fire incident occurred on Monday.

“We’ve been able to recover 14 bodies. The toll will likely rise,” Diatta said, according to InfoMigrants.

The boat carried 140 people including Nigerians, Guineans, Gambians and Senegalese, and almost 90 people survived the inferno were able to be identified.

“There were Guineans, Nigerians, Gambians and Senegalese. The survivors are saying that the fire was started by someone smoking a cigarette where the fuel was kept,” the mayor added.

Reports confirm that Police have launched investigation into the incident.

Posted: at 30-06-2022 07:16 AM (1 year ago) | Addicted Hero
- fineboy77 at 30-06-2022 07:52 AM (1 year ago)
(m)
Nigerians, everywhere you go
Posted: at 30-06-2022 07:52 AM (1 year ago) | Addicted Hero
Reply
- Paulevery at 30-06-2022 07:59 AM (1 year ago)
(m)
interesting...
Hope the H2O was enough for them to consume?  Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
Posted: at 30-06-2022 07:59 AM (1 year ago) | Gistmaniac
Reply
- gogoman at 30-06-2022 02:28 PM (1 year ago)
(m)
na wa oooo
Posted: at 30-06-2022 02:28 PM (1 year ago) | Grande Master
Reply
ReplyFollow
Login To Post Reply

Latest Updates

Victim Of Police Shooting Not Our Student – LAUTECH Denies Report

'Kidnappers, Terrorists Don’t Deserve Mercy'- Murdered Professor Says In Last Interview

EFCC Uncovers How Emefiele Printed ₦684.5 Million With ₦18.9 Billion

Another Nollywood Legend, Mr Zulu Adigwe Passes On

How Yahaya Bello Moved $720k From Govt Account to a BDC - EFCC Boss, Olukoyede Narrates (VID)

Family of Late Sound Engineer Have Refused to Exhume His Body From Riverside Despite Donations

Our Teachers Are Aware - Students of Lead British School Speak About Bully!ing at The School (VID)

Ondo Police Arrests Man Who Said He Saw Fetish Items in Car of 'Yahoo Boy' That Led to His Lynching by Mob

Bayelsa State Govt Gives Civil Servants Two Days Weekly to Farm

More Featured Topics

fire TRENDING GISTS fire

TODAY'S TOP

  1. Family of Late Sound Engineer Have Refused to Exhume His Body From Riverside Despite Donations

  2. Ondo Police Arrests Man Who Said He Saw Fetish Items in Car of 'Yahoo Boy' & Was Lynched by Mob

  3. How Yahaya Bello Moved $720k From Govt Account to a BDC - EFCC Boss, Olukoyede Narrates (VID)

  4. Our Teachers Are Aware - Students of Lead British School Speak About Bully!ing at The School

  5. Another Nollywood Legend, Mr Zulu Adigwe Passes On

  6. EFCC Uncovers How Emefiele Printed ₦684.5 Million With ₦18.9 Billion

THIS WEEK

  1. Davido Reveals Fate of Peruzzi And Other Signed Artistes After Dissolving DMW Record Label

  2. Abia Police Parade Suspected Criminals, Including ABSU Student Involved In Fatal Shooting

  3. Pastor, David Odeniyi Seeks Divorce After Wife Strips Him Nak3d In Front Of His Congregation

  4. 'Brand Ambassador', Phyna Calls Out Pepsi For Supplying Her Expired Drinks

  5. How Past Abia Govt Paid N107.2 Bn To Contractors For Non-existent Abia Airport & Other Projects

  6. Ex-Nigerian Customs Sole Administrator, Omlago Ango Damages Estranged Wife's Abuja Home

  7. Lady Who Was Dragged For Wearing a Racy 'Asoebi' Outfit to a Wedding Reception Breaks Silence

  8. Abia State Police Arrest Suspects Linked To Mysterious Death of 23-Yr-Old Hope Chinedu Prosper

  9. UNIPORT Lecturer Caught on Camera Pants Down, S3xually Harassing a Female Student in His Office

  10. Nollywood Actress Toyin Abraham Extends Olive Branch To Funke Akindele,Calls For Industry Unity

TOP MEMBERS:
  • gogoman 1168
  • fineboy77 786
  • felicilin 575
  • bohlah 299
  • kacylee 290
Read More

Featured Topics

. Victim Of Police Shooting Not Our Student – LAUTECH Denies Report

. 'Kidnappers, Terrorists Don’t Deserve Mercy'- Murdered Professor Says In Last Interview

. EFCC Uncovers How Emefiele Printed ₦684.5 Million With ₦18.9 Billion

. Another Nollywood Legend, Mr Zulu Adigwe Passes On

. How Yahaya Bello Moved $720k From Govt Account to a BDC - EFCC Boss, Olukoyede Narrates (VID)

. Family of Late Sound Engineer Have Refused to Exhume His Body From Riverside Despite Donations

. Our Teachers Are Aware - Students of Lead British School Speak About Bully!ing at The School (VID)

. Ondo Police Arrests Man Who Said He Saw Fetish Items in Car of 'Yahoo Boy' That Led to His Lynching by Mob

. Bayelsa State Govt Gives Civil Servants Two Days Weekly to Farm

. Trending Video of Bride As She Storms School in Wedding Gown to Write Her Final Exams

. 30 Year Old Man, Jeffery Caught Defiling His Landlady's 13 Year Old Daughter In Rivers

. VeryDarkMan Calls Out Hilda Baci Over Failure To Start Cooking Class After Receiving Payment

. We’ll Not Arrest You If You Show Up In Court – EFCC Assures Yahaya Bello

. One Dies, Three Hospitalised As Building Partially Collapse In Lagos

. Singer, Celine Dion Opens Up On Her Health Struggles

. How 18Yr Old Boy Fakes His Own Kidnap To Extort Father

. Embattled Actor, Baba Ijesha Files Appeal Challenging His 5Yrs Imprisonment Over Rape

. Deji Adeyanju Threatens Lead British International School Over Bullying Of Namtira Bwala

. Ogun Seals Three Worship Centres Over Noise pollution

. Rapper Megan Thee Stallion Sued By Cameraman Claiming He Was Forced To Watch Her Have S3x

. One Dies Of Heart Attack As Bride-To-Be's Family & Passengers Foil Kidnap Attempt, Kill Bandit In Zamfara

. Watch Drama As Passenger Refused Drunk Driver To Convey Them To Their Destination

. Speed Darlington Drags His Aunt For Threatening To Kill Him After Asking Her To Remove Her Church Built On His Land

. Group Hits Hard On IGP For Opposing Establishment Of State Police

. How Man Cut Off His Mum’s Hand So He Could Use Her Fingertips To Steal Cash From Account

. Manchester United v Sheffield: English Premier League Match,Team News,Goal Scorers and Stats

. VID: Suspected Cultist Who Killed Final Year ABSU Student Pleads For A Second Chance

. Everton v Liverpool: English Premier League Match,Team News,Goal Scorers and Stats

.. Nollywood Actress, Faithia Williams Mourns Death Of Her Father

. ‘There’d Have Been Casualties’ – EFCC Boss Reveals Why Yahaya Bello's Arrest Failed

More Featured Topics