Nigeria — GSSSS Monguno Fire Outbreak Flash Report (10 November 2019)

A fire incident at the Government Senior Science Secondary School (GSSSS) Camp, Monguno, on 5th November 2019, at around 11 AM, has left 342 individuals (119 households) without shelters and belongings. It was estimated that 191 makeshift and emergency shelters were burnt, and further 51 shelters were pulled down in the process of putting off the fire.

The affected population include 124 children, 90 men, 106 women and 22 elderly and have been relocated to the INTERSOS reception center of Water Board Camp by the Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) unit of IOM.

They are in immediate need of shelters, food items and Non-Food Items (NFIs) such as cooking utensils, mattresses, blankets, jerry cans, buckets and sanitary kits. The incident left some of them traumatized and there will be need for psychosocial support.

To mitigate such incidents as we approach the harmattan season where dry gusty winds will act as combustion for exposed/unguarded fires, it is imperative that fire sensitization campaigns are carried out and IDPs are advised to make use of safe kitchen spaces constructed in camps.