Month: January 2023 Posts

Four-year-old girl dies in house fire

Jan 27, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A four-year-old girl in Nsanje, southern Malawi, has died after the house she was in caught fire. The girl has been identified as Brandina Banda. Her father John Kaweta Banda has told Zodiak Online that… ...

3-year-old boy dies in fire accident

Oct 19, 2022 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

A 3-year-old boy identified as Promise Staliko has died after fire gutted the grass thatched kitchen he was playing in. The incident occurred on October 18, 2022 at Mtseketana Village, TTraditional Authority Dzoole in Dowa… ...

Fire destroys part of Zigwagwa Market in Mzuzu

Sep 23, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Fire has destroyed part of  Zigwagwa Market in Mzuzu in the wee hours of today. Shops for agriculture commodities as well as  second hand clothes are the most affected ones. Allan Masiya,  Chairperson of the… ...

Fire damages police officer’s house at Police College in Zomba

Sep 10, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Property worth millions has been destroyed by fire which hit the house of one of the Assistant Commissioners of Police at Police College in Zomba around midnight on Saturday. The police sounded a fire alert… ...

Toddler dies in house fire, suspect arrested in Ntchisi

Aug 22, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Tasowana The Police in Ntchisi have arrested Boston Khwanya who is suspected to have set ablaze a house at Chiwombora village in which a five-month-old baby died after sustaining burns. Public Relations Officer for Ntchisi… ...

Man sentenced to two and a half years in jail for arson

Jul 28, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The Second Grade Magistrate’s Court at Bolero on Wednesday sentenced Never Nyirenda, 22, to two and a half years imprisonment with hard labour for arson. Rumphi Police Station spokesperson Sergeant Tupeliwe Kabwilo said the offence… ...

Shops razed after teargas canister lands in Ntcheu Market

Jul 27, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A teargas canister allegedly shot by Malawi Police landed in Ntcheu Central Market, causing fire that has destroyed six shops. Police were firing the teargas to disperse protesters after anti-government demonstrations in the district turned… ...

Martse went back into burning house, family says

May 25, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 6 &

The family of Martin Martse Nkhata says the rapper and other people managed to flee when fire started in the house they were in during the early hours of May 21 in Mangochi, but Martse… ...

Galimoto za Porsche, Lamborghini zaonongeka ndi moto mu sitima yapamadzi

Feb 19, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Wolemba: Gracious Zinazi Galimoto pafupifupi 4,000 za mtundu wa Porsche, Volkswagen, Lamborghini ndi zina zaonongeka ndi moto omwe wayaka mu sitima ina ya pamadzi pa nyanja yaikulu ya Atlantic. Sitimayi yomwe dzina lake ndi Felicity… ...

Fire damages office at Kanyerere Primary School in Rumphi

Feb 07, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Fire damaged an office and destroyed various property including textbooks at Kanyerere Primary School on Sunday. Joseph Mulagha who is the Headteacher at the school said he was alerted by his deputy that the office… ...

Fire hits Leopard Match factory

Dec 13, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Several people have been rushed to hospital following a blaze at Leopard Match 2018 Limited factory in Blantyre. The blaze is believed to have erupted due to electrical fault in a warehouse. At the time… ...

Fire kills Malawian man in South Africa

Dec 06, 2021 Baxter Mkumba 0 &

A Malawian national has died after his shack caught fire in Cape Town, South Africa. The incident happened on Sunday and members of the M’mbelwa Society in Cape Town have identified the victim as Ofasi… ...

Two boys die in blaze

Nov 04, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Two children aged 3 and 4 in Mulanje have died in a fire which started after they set alight a heap of grass. Mulanje Police Public Relations Officer, Gresham Ngwira, has identified the children as… ...

Fire razes village at Njalo Island in Phalombe

Oct 07, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Fire has razed 60 houses at Njalo Island which is on Lake Chirwa in Phalombe District. A chief for the area has said the fire has damaged half of the houses on the island. Village… ...

Messenger sentenced to 18 months in prison over Rumphi office fire

Sep 03, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A court in Rumphi has sentenced a 34-year-old messenger to 18 months in prison over the fire that destroyed Rumphi Education office last month. The messenger Vitumbiko Khowani Manda, 34, was sentenced on Wednesday, September… ...