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| Jan.2 |
 Ghana |
Fire guts parts of market  Map of Kumasi Ghana| Fire, lasted for several hours, has destroyed parts of one of Africa's biggest markets. No casualties have been reported | |
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| Jan.31 |
 Kenya |
 At least 100 people killed in oil fire  Map of Molo Kenya An overturned petrol tanker caught fire on a highway and exploded and hundreds of people gathered to collect spilled fuel
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| Jan.30 |
Kenya |
13 bodies found in scorched shop Map of Nairobi Kenya Officials found 13 bodies in the rubble of a scorched supermarket and are investigating a tip that guards locked people in the burning building
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| Aug.19 |
 Egypt |
Blaze engulfs parliament A large fire erupted in a 19th century palace where parliament's upper house is located, and 5 people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation
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| Jun.11 |
 Sudan |
14 still missing after air crash blaze Map of Khartoum Sudan| The remaining 171 passengers on the Sudan Airways Airbus survived | |
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| May.15 |
 Nigeria |
100 killed in pipeline fire Flames from a ruptured fuel pipeline swept through homes and a school in a village, killing about 100 people and injuring 20 others
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| Apr.26 |
 Morocco |
Mattress factory fire kills 55 The morning blaze began on the ground floor of the The Wilaya of Greater Casablanca and quickly spread through the 5-story building
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| Apr.15 |
 Uganda |
19 schoolgirls die in blaze The fire erupted in their dormitory. Authorities also found the bodies of 2 adults in the ashes of the blaze at Buddo Junior School
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| Jan.12 |
Nigeria |
At least 30 die in fuel tanker blast A car crashed into a fuel tanker, which exploded and burst into flames in the oil-rich town
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| Dec.26 |
Nigeria |
At least 34 dead in fuel pipeline fire Map of Lagos Nigeria A ruptured gasoline pipeline exploded in flames, near city of Lagos as they tried to scoop fuel from the gushing leak
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| Nov.20 |
 South Africa |
 Huge fire at refinery A refinery fire have been caused by lightning spread a thick column of black smoke over the city, burning nearly $18 million worth of fuel
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| Jul.26 |
 Liberia |
Presidential palace burns A floor of the palace caught fire, as President played host to the foreign leaders
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| Jul.8 |
Kenya |
Factory fire kills workers Fire ripped through a paint factory in, killing 4 people and leaving another 7 missing feared dead
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| Feb.4 |
Egypt |
Officials: Fire made ferry sink| Transport minister has said a blaze set off a sequence of events that led it to sink in the Red Sea | |
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| Dec.21 |
Nigeria |
Militants suspected in oil pipeline fire Investigators are probing the source of a fire that was blazing on a ruptured Royal Dutch Shell oil pipeline
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| Sep.5 |
Egypt |
Candle sparks deadly fire A fire began when an actor knocked over a candle on the set of a play. A stampede killed at least 31
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| Dec.23 |
Nigeria |
'20 die' in fuel blaze Fire broke out on sighting the police as the theft was under way, and the pipeline was damaged
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| Feb.20 |
Kenya |
Slum fire leaves thousands homeless A Nairobi fire is destroying hundreds of ramshackle tin and timber houses and leaving 4,500 families homeless
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| Jan.18 |
Cape Town |
Fire leaves 1,500 homeless
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| Sep.9 |
Nigeria |
Dozens burned alive in road crash
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| Nov.2 |
Morocco |
Short circuit caused fire
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| Nov.1 |
Morocco |
Jail fire kills 49 Most of the deaths were due to smoke inhalation. Fire at the Sidi Moussa prison was due to an electrical short
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| Feb.20 |
Egypt |
Train inferno kills 350 Blaze was caused by a cooker used by a passenger to heat food. Some victims died when they jumped from the moving train
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| Jan.28 |
Nigeria |
Lagos blasts leave 500 dead| killed as a result of a series of huge explosions at an army munitions dump | |
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| Jan.20 |
 Congo |
Goma petrol station blast kills 50 Lava flows have ignited a petrol station. People were trying to siphon fuel from the elevated tanks
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| Mar.25 |
Kenya |
Fire kills 58 children 58 students have been killed in a fire at a boarding school. 28 were seriously injured
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