Fire outbreak at Federal Capital Territory

Fire outbreak has occurred on Thursday, at the office of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA.

The fire began at about 8pm, at the ICT section of the FCTA complex, triggering the fire alarm, and sending staff who were still within the office complex into panic.

The fire was put out at about 8:35 pm, by the FCT Federal Fire Service after the fire had caused substantial damage to the ICT section of the Administration’s office.

According to the Director General of the FCT Emergency Management Agency, Abass Idriss, investigations are still ongoing to determine the cause of the fire, but that officials suspected an electric power surge, while he added that there were no casualties or any cases of injuries resulting from the incident.

His words are, “Yes, the fire began at 8pm, and was put out immediately. There was no loss of life, no injuries, and nobody was hurt. The cause of the incident is still under investigation, but we are suspecting an electrical surge”.

The Head of Operations of the FCT Fire Service, Amiola Adebayo, however confirmed that the incident was indeed caused by an electrical power surge at the ICT section of the building but officers of the Fire Service succeeded in putting out the fire.

He said, “The fire is not much, it is already under control, it was a little spark, and we have put it out. It was caused by an electric power surge, but we have put it out already,”