Conoil filling station situated at Area 10, Abuja has caught fire.
Report has it that the fire incident occurred around 3:53pm, Saturday.
One of the persons who witnessed the scenario, Ette Samson, has sent message of advice to people living around the affected area to temporarily avoid the axis.
Samson says: “The fire started from the storage of the filling station, the whole facility has been burnt down. In fact we are stranded at the moment as the area has been sealed off”.
The Federal Fire Service has mobilised its operatives to the affected area in an attempt to extinguish the fire.
Heavy traffic in Area 10 and its surrounding environs has followed the fire incident.
The filing station was still on fire as at the time of filing this report.