• No casualty recorded
The Federal Civil Service Secretariat, Abuja, was yesterday engulfed by fire in the early morning.
According to an eyewitness, the inferno which started from an office on the third floor in the Ministry of Tourism destroyed electronic items and furniture worth millions of naira before it was put off by men of the Federal Fire Service, (FFS).
It was learnt that the fire was observed by some security personnel who raised the alarm which drew the attention of emergency rescue workers around the area.
Men of the Federal and Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) Fire Services who were informed about the incident arrived shortly after and extinguished the fire.
Those in the building ran away for safety and no casualty was recorded.
The Director-General, (DG) Federal Capital Territory Emergency Service, Alhaji Abass Idriss, stated that the fire had been brought under control.
He said, “We suspect that the fire was from an electrical spark, but everything is under control, the fire has been put off, and the damage wasn’t much.”
Last Sunday, there was a fire outbreak that destroyed some parts of the House on The Rock Church, situated along Umaru Musa Yar’Adua express way, Abuja.
Felix Ogenyi, the director of general services, ministry of health, said the fire was caused by an “electrical spark”.
He told journalists that the fire incident on the third floor of the building was immediately put out by the fire service.
“The fire wasn’t a blaze. It was just a little fire spark on the third floor of the Ministry. Immediately when we saw the electrical fire spark, the Fire Service was called in and the fire was put out immediately,” he said.
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