BREAKING: Vehicles Reportedly Destroyed as Federal Secretariat in Abuja Catches Fire

• The Federal Secretariat building in Abuja which houses major government offices is reportedly on fire
• A portion of the secretariat was said to be on fire, with some vehicles reportedly affected by the ugly incident
• However, men of the fire service are at the scene to quench the inferno, according to a Facebook user

FCT, Abuja - A portion of the Federal Secretariat located at the Three Arms Zone in Abuja is currently on fire, The Punch has reported.

The newspaper added that the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, noting that some vehicles were said to have been affected by the inferno.

Legit.ng gathers that men of the fire service are at the scene to quench the fire.

Sahara Reporters also cited a Facebook user, Adamu Idris Ahmed, as saying no fewer than 20 cars have been affected by the fire incident.

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Ahmed was reported to have also confirmed that firefighters are at the scene to put out the fire.

The secretariat complex houses major government offices in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Fire guts NPA headquarters in Lagos

In a related development, a fire outbreak on Wednesday, September 22, destroyed a lot of properties worth millions of naira at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)'s headquarters located along Broad Street, Lagos.

The inferno that affected about three offices on the sixth floor of the building was triggered by an electrical surge.

Olaseni Alakija, the general manager, corporate and strategic communication of NPA, confirmed the incident to journalists and added that members of the organisation's fire service department contained the flames.

Federal Fire Service revives 25-year old hydraulic platform in Lagos

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Meanwhile, the Federal Fire Service has revived a 25-year-old abandoned hydraulic platform in Lagos state.

The hydraulic platform which is used for rescue in high-rise buildings had been in a bad condition for decades according to sources who told Legit.ng about the historic feat.

Receiving the controller general of the fire service, Dr Liman Alhaji Ibrahim at the Zone L headquarters, Zonal Commander Assistant Controller General Ajasa Kehinde expressed uttermost appreciation to the CG in ensuring that the neglected asset was back on the run.

Source: Legit.ng