The Federal Fire Service says property worth about ₦500 million was destroyed in the fire that gutted parts of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria headquarters in Abuja, adding that its swift intervention saved assets valued at approximately ₦9.5 billion.
The Service disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday by its National Public Relations Officer, DCF Paul Abraham, following the fire incident that occurred on Saturday night.
According to the statement, the fire, traced to an electrical surge, affected offices on the second floor of the two-storey building.
It said firefighters responded swiftly to the emergency, with reinforcement from the Wuse and CBN Fire Stations, while the Federal Capital Territory Fire Service, the National Emergency Management Agency and other emergency responders also joined the operation.
The statement read, “The Federal Fire Service successfully contained a fire outbreak at the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria on the night of Saturday,
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