The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday confirmed the death of one person while stating that 17 others were injured in a fire incident at Kalari Muna Elbadawy Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp, Maiduguri, Borno.
The Principal Information Officer NEMA North-East, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, who made this known to newsmen, said about 100 shelters were destroyed, while dozens of households in the camps were displaced as a result of the incident.
According to him, the fire which started from a cooking fire in one of the IDP tents at about 1pm, was, however, brought under control by the personnel of the State Fire Service.
Ibrahim explained that the injured victims had been administered first aid.
He added that a combined team of the NEMA and the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) were on ground to assess the extent of destruction in the camp.
