The Custom House IDP camp in the outskirts of Maiduguri metropolis has been gutted by fire with over Six hundred houses completely destroyed, Njenje Media News reports.
A little boy also lost his life with two elderly women sustaining injuries from the inferno.
The fire outbreak reportedly started around 8:30am, engulfed parts of the camp and it took the combined efforts of the security agents, officials of the federal and state fire service to quench it.
Acting Zonal Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency ,NEMA, Ishaya Chinoko, told Radio Nigeria that emergency response had been dispatched and initial needs assessment conducted.
