By Tobias Lengnan Dapam
The Controller General of the Federal Fire Service, Dr. Karebo Pere Samson has urged residents of the FCT not to panic, following a fire outbreak at the Federal Ministry of Finance Headquarters.
Dr. Karebo in a statement issued yesterday by ACF Paul Abraham,
Public Relations Officer of the service, assured that the fire has been brought under control, maintaining that there was no cause for alarm.
“The Control room of Federal Fire Service on Wednesday received a fire call at about 7:00 hours concerning a fire outbreak at the Headquarters of the Federal ministry of Finance, three fire stations of the Service within the Federal Capital Territory namely Garki, Wuse and Secretariat Stations were immediately deployed to the scene. Owing to the importance of the Ministry of Finance to national security the Controller General directed the Assistant Controller General in charge of Federal Operations to coordinate the operations.
“Men on of the Federal Fire Service who arrived the scene at about 2 minutes after they received the call discovered that some staff of the Ministry had used fire extinguisher to bring the situation under control. Fire fighters carried out on the spot assessment to ensure a no case of reignition before leaving the scene.”
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