Power surge triggers inferno at Ilorin NTA – Kwara Fire Service
The Kwara State Fire Service has linked the Tuesday night fire incident at the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), along Fate Road in Ilorin to a power surge.
Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred around 23:10p.m. in the middle of the night.
Three offices and a conference room were razed in the resulting fire outbreak.
The spokesperson of the Fire Service, Hassan Hakeem Adekunle said, We arrived at the incident promptly at exactly 23:29hrs which was just four minutes after the “turn out time” by one Mrs. Iyabode at 23:25hrs for the ravaging inferno.
“Although, on getting to the scene, the ravaging fire was huge and it had occupied several places within the premised areas.
“Yet, the fire was able to be conquered on time as a result of good technicality and quickly adopted methods used by the highly experienced firemen present at the scene ground while fighting the fire.
“Out of the twenty eight offices in the burnt building only three offices were affected and a conference hall.”
Adekunle quoted the Fire Service Director to have urged ‘public office users’ to imbibe the habit of switching off electrical appliances before leaving office.
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