Fire guts corporate affairs commission headquarters

The Headquarters of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) located in Maitama area of  Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory(FCT) was on Wednesday gutted by fire which hit the seven-storey building

Penpushing reports that, the fire was traced to power surge within the premises, but was quickly attended to by few personnel who mobilized themselves to quench it using fire extinguishers and fire hose reels within the building.

The Registrar General of  the commission, Abubakar Garba confirmed the incident, but  said no document was lost and no casualties, explaining, “the fire which was as a result of power surge began at 10.20 am, the fire was caused by the outer units of the split Air Conditioners on the 6th floor in the main building’.

“The sound attracted the attention of the few personnel within the premises and they immediately mobilized to quench the fire using fire extinguishers and fire hose reels within the building.The fire had descended through the outer AC ducts to the 5th and 4th floors which necessitated a call to FCT Fire Service and they promptly responded,” he said.

Meanwhile, a witness in his account  said the fire outbreak was minor, adding that no loss of documents or lives during the incident, stating further that  the fire was contained and also commended the quick intervention of the fire service.