Nigeria — Monguno Fire Outbreak Flash Report (09 March 2021)

Four separate are outbreaks at Fulatari Camp, Government Science Senior Secondary School (GSSSS) Camp Monguno, NRC 1 & 2 Camp and Waterboard Camp have left 703 IDPs homeless, as their properties and belongings are destroyed.

 

The first incident occurred at about 1:30 PM on 05 March 2021 at NRC 1 & 2 Camp. This incident fully destroyed 58 shelters and partially damaged 18 shelters, affecting a total of 304 individuals in 71 households. The affected individuals include 82 children, 148 women and 156 men.

 

In the same vein, two other incidents occurred at Government Science Senior Secondary School (GSSSS) Camp and Waterboard Camp on 7 March 2021. Around 2:00PM and 2:30PM respectively, two are outbreaks left 61 shelters completely destroyed and 3 shelters partially damaged. These incidents affected 488 individuals in 114 households, including 280 children, 97 men and 111 females. They lost all their belongings in the are outbreak.

 

The most recent incidents happened in Fulatari Camp on 8 March 2021 around 3:30PM. This incident aected 21 individuals in 6 households. Four emergency shelters were completely destroyed and 2 were partially damaged.

 

The victims of the are outbreaks are currently residing with friends and relatives within the camps or are hosted within the communities. They are in need of food, shelter and NFIs. At the time of writing, the majority of the victims in Waterboard and NRC camps have been assisted with NFIs by Solidarities International while Action Against Hunger has supported the victims in GSSSS camp with NFIs. An overview of the most needed assistance can be found in the graphic below.