A fire outbreak was recorded at the headquarters of the Ministry of Finance in Abuja on Wednesday morning.
Details of the incident were sketchy at the time of this report but social media footages showed smoke billowing from the building located at the Central Business District of the nation’s capital.
Firefighters also battled to contain the inferno.
In a tweet, the ministry attributed the incident to an isolated battery pack, saying the situation had been brought under control.
“The Federal Ministry of Finance HQ is not on fire as reported on social media. Rather, there was an incident on the corridor in the basement involving an isolated battery Pack (photo inset). It was quickly put out by the security personnel on duty,” the tweet read.