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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… ...