By Muhammed Abubakar, Reporting
The cause of the early Wednesday morning fire at the Federal Ministry of Finance headquarters at Ahmadu Bello Way in the Central Business District of Abuja, has been attributed to an explosion of of the batteries powering the inverter.
The fire reportedtly broke out at the inverter room of the ministry, with the explosion of one of the batteries which lasted for about 20 minutes.
Conducting journalists round the premises of the ministry on Wednesday, the spokesperson of the Ministry, Olajide Oshundun, said the fire started as a smoke which was noticed by a staff of the ministry.
He further explained that the fire was quickly put out even before the arrival of the Federal Fire Service.
”At about 6:50 a.m, some staff of the ministry noticed smoke emanating from the room that houses the battery for the inverter.
“Necessary alarm was raised and the internally provided fire fighting equipment were deployed and within about 15-20 minutes, the fire was put under control.
“The Information was also sent to the Federal Fire Service system, but before they came, everything had been brought under control.
“The fire emanated from an exploded battery which then affected other batteries – about 16 batteries were affected.
“It only affected the battery compartment at the base of the Ministry, it did not affect other parts of the building,” Oshundun noted.
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