{"id":197307,"date":"2026-03-21T12:17:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T11:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/two-feared-dead-as-fire-razes-yobe-community"},"modified":"2026-03-21T13:27:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T12:27:39","slug":"two-feared-dead-as-fire-razes-yobe-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-feared-dead-as-fire-razes-yobe-community","title":{"rendered":"Two feared dead as fire razes Yobe community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Two people are feared dead after evening fire razed multiple houses in Sassawa community in Damaturu local government area of Yobe state.<\/p>\n<p>Senator representing Yobe East, Musa Mustapha, confirmed the incident on his verified Facebook page while commiserating with victims and deceased families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we were celebrating the joyous moment of Eidul-Fitr, I got a sad call on the sudden fire outbreak that reportedly claimed the lives of two people and razed down significant part of Sassawa village in Damaturu Local Government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI deeply commiserate with the victims, in particular families of the deceased and those whose shelter and source of livelyhood have been directly affected by the fire outbreak,\u201d, he posted.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker noted that he will engage with relevant stakeholders and government agencies including the State Emergency Management Agency to collectively assuage the plights of all those affected by the tragic incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay Allah forgive those that died and grant their families the fortitude to bear the loss,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Two people are feared dead after evening fire razed multiple houses in Sassawa community in Damaturu local government area of Yobe state. Senator representing Yobe East, Musa Mustapha, confirmed the incident on his verified Facebook page while commiserating with victims and deceased families. \u201cWhile we were celebrating the joyous moment of Eidul-Fitr, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":197306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-197307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Two feared dead as fire razes Yobe community - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Two people are feared dead after evening fire razed multiple houses in Sassawa community in Damaturu local government ar ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-feared-dead-as-fire-razes-yobe-community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two feared dead as fire razes Yobe community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two people are feared dead after evening fire razed multiple houses in Sassawa community in Damaturu local government ar ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-feared-dead-as-fire-razes-yobe-community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-21T11:17:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-21T12:27:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774096018.643775.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"411\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-feared-dead-as-fire-razes-yobe-community#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-feared-dead-as-fire-razes-yobe-community\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Two feared dead as fire razes Yobe community\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-21T11:17:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-21T12:27:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-feared-dead-as-fire-razes-yobe-community\"},\"wordCount\":182,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-feared-dead-as-fire-razes-yobe-community#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774096018.643775.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-feared-dead-as-fire-razes-yobe-community#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-feared-dead-as-fire-razes-yobe-community\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/two-feared-dead-as-fire-razes-yobe-community\",\"name\":\"Two feared dead as fire razes Yobe community - 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