Fire Outbreak in Ayambo Community Renders Many Homeless, Claims Properties Worth Millions

A devastating inferno has engulfed and ripped through a section of Ayambo Community in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State.

Eyewitnesses told Kristina Reports that the incident occurred Wednesday, July 9, 2025 leaving a trail of destruction and displacement in its wake.

According to an eyewitness, the fire, which allegedly originated from a malfunctioning electricity meter belonging to the Bonny Utility Company (BUC), razed a six-room zinc building housing five families.

He said the fire also severely damaged two other residential buildings, a one-bedroom flat and a self-contained block house, affecting 21 persons.

Residents of the area lamented that it took the efforts of community members to put out the fire as calls to emergency services in Bonny were not responded to.

The Nigeria Police Force and Rivers State Fire Service and its parent ministry, the Rivers State Ministry of Special Duties were yet to make any statement on the incident as at the time of this report.