Fire breaks out in National Assembly annex
Thursday, March 22, 2012Omoba
Fire
broke out Thursday afternoon on the second floor of the National Assembly annex
building.The
fire started in the legal department and accounts departments of the National
Assembly Service Commission.
The
News Agency of Nigeria reports that the FCT Fire Service deployed two fire
engines to bring the fire under control before it could spread to other
offices.
Panic-stricken
staffers, who had vacated the building, gathered some distance away to discuss
the incident.
The
Director of FCT Fire Service, Mr. Sani Saidu, who confirmed the incident, told
journalists that the fire incident was caused by power outage as a result of
power fluctuation.
He
said the situation had been brought under control and no damage was done “It
was caused by electrical fault as a result of power fluctuation.
It
was brought under control. No damage was done,” he said. There was a similar
fire incident at the National Assembly Annex on February 21, 2011, on the
ground floor which was also said to have been caused by an electrical fault.
There
was also a fire at the same annex building two months ago. The fire began in
the office of the Secretary to the Clerk of the National Assembly on the third
floor of the main building around 1p.m. The National Assembly is currently on a
one-week recess.
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