Fire Service men have averted a fire outbreak in the new-wing of the House of Representatives, National Assembly complex, Abuja, which started at about 6:30 pm Thursday.
Director of Information, Mr. Rawlings Agada, who confirmed the incident in a statement, said the clerk of the committee raised the alarm when he saw the smoke, and fire service men arrived on time to put it out, blaming it on electrical faults.
Agada said the combined prompt efforts, curtained the fire to the affected office only and the power supply to the wing was put off to enable a full assessment and investigation into the incident.
The statement read in part: “There was a fire incident this evening in one of the Janitors, located on the 2nd floor, Room 227 in the new-wing, of the House of Representatives, suspected to have resulted from an electrical fault which was noticed by one of the Staff to the Clerk, House of Representatives, who promptly alerted the Federal Fire Service Unit stationed in the National Assembly Complex.
“The fire was put out with the assistance of staff on duty, immediately broke into the affected office and effectively deployed Stationed fire extinguishers on the floor before the arrival of the fire service officers”.
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