Men of the Niger State Fire Service on Tuesday afternoon averted a fire outbreak at the Government House, Minna.
The fire outbreak, which started at about 12:35pm was put out by a combined team of fire fighters at about 1:03pm.
Fire service officials attributed the source of the fire to an electrical fault from the permanent secretary’s office, which was under renovation, adding that office furniture and other office valuables were affected.
Speaking during the incident, the deputy controller, State Fire Service, Salihu Bello, said even though there were no fire-fighting engines in the government house as at the time of the incident, the State Fire Service was able to mobilize three engines to the scene under 15 minutes and stopped the fire.
He explained that the lack of fire fighting trucks in Government House was not intentional as those in the Government House were taken out for routine maintenance.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Niger State, Mrs Mary Noel-Berje, hailed men of the State Fire Service who mobilised three fire-fighting vans to the scene within 15 minutes of the fire outbreak.
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