The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Sunday raised alarm over 140 shelters destroyed by fire in two Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps at Monguno Local Government Area of Borno.
NEMA Northeast Information Officer, Malam Abdulkadir Ibrahim, disclosed this in a statement in Borno State.
According to the statement, 28 shelters were destroyed at Flatari camp, affecting 20 households while 120 shelters were razed and 77 households displaced at Nguro in the fire disaster.
Ibrahim said the fire incidents were recorded at Flatari and Nguro camps in Monguno on Saturday.
According to him, the agency in collaboration with the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) had scaled up activities to support the victims.
He added that about 371 persons were displaced in the fire outbreaks recorded in the two camps.
He said that the agency was conducting investigation to identifying the cause of the fire and appraise the needs of the victims.
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