The office of the Permanent Secretary in the Niger State Government House was on Tuesday, 12th November 2019 gutted by fire.
It was gathered that the fire occurred from an electrical fault.
Although no life was lost, office equipment, valuables and sensitive documents were destroyed in the fire incident.
It was established that workers in the office scampered for safety before personnel from the state fire service arrived with three fire fighting trucks.
The office was reportedly under renovation when the fire outbreak started at 12:30 p.m. as the saving intervention of the men from the state Fire Service were able to put the situation under control.
Malam Salihu Bello, the Deputy Controller in the Niger State Fire Service, who spoke to newsmen at the scene of the fire, said that the quick intervention of the firefighters helped in reducing the damages.
He further disclosed that lack of fire fighting truck in the Government House was not intentional as arrangements were on to station a fire fighting truck in there.
Adding that the fire fighting trucks used to put out the fire were brought from the various fire service stations in Minna.
Meanwhile, Mrs Mary Berje, the Chief Press Secretary to the Niger Governor, while reacting to the incident in a statement, said that the fire fighting trucks in Government House were taken out for routine maintenance.
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