Disaster erupted in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, on Sunday, as some parts of the Headquarters of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) went up in flames while Kugbo Furniture market, near Nyanya, Abuja was razed down.
Some offices of the NIS were affected in the fire outbreak at the headquarters
However, at the Kugbo Furniture market, fire ravages the entire market as furniture and power generation sets worth millions of naira were razed down in the inferno.
The NIS confirmed the incident in a post on its Twitter handle, saying the incident was brought under control.
The fire has now been put out, while the NIS says it has launched an investigation into the incident.
It tweeted: “A fire incident occurred in our Service Headquarters this morning. It affected some of our offices.
“The fire has been put out by our Federal Fire Station & support from other agencies around the airport. The cause of the fire is being investigated.”
According reports by Daily Post, as at after Sunday, fire ravages through burning down shops and valuables at the Kugbo Furniture Market, Asokoro Extension, Abuja.
In a video obtained by DAILY POST, residents of the area could be seen running around and packing what they could.
An eyewitness to DAILY POST said that the fire, which started around 6am on Sunday, had lasted over one hour before the men of the Fire Service arrived.
A shop owner, who cried uncontrollably, told our correspondent that he just stocked up his shop yesterday but everything has gone down in flames.
Another shop owner, who simply identified himself as Joe, said all his goods went with the fire, adding that this happens every year, either in December or January.
According to him, “there should be standby fire service officials since the case has become like this.”
Another victim, Emeka, said his shop was burnt too but he was able to save a little he could.
Operatives of the National Emergency Management Agency arrived the scene about 3 hours after the fire started.
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