By Kamsi Anayo
The Federal Secretariat was on Monday morning gutted by fire which tore through a section of the office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.
Officials of the Federal Fire Service were immediately deployed to the scene following reports of the incident.
Mr. Paul Abraham, Public Relations Officer of the Federal Fire Service, Abuja while confirming the incident, said the agency received a distress call at about 8:20 a.m. and promptly mobilized firefighters to contain the blaze.
He revealed that firefighters from the Garki and Wuse stations responded swiftly and were able to bring the fire under control.
“We were contacted around 8:20 a.m. Presently, the fire is under control. The men of the Federal Fire Service from the Garki and Wuse stations turned out and we have been able to put the fire under control,” he said.
Abraham added that the cause of the fire has not yet been known, noting that investigations would be launched to establish what led to the inferno.
He also said the full extent of the damage had not been ascertained as firefighters were still carrying out efforts to completely extinguish the flames.
“The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained as investigators are to move in there to confirm it. On the impact, we are still damping down, so we have not been able to tell the impact,” he added.
As of the time of press, no casualties have been reported.
