By Daniel Tyokua
The Federal Capital Territory Fire Service has confirmed separate fire outbreaks in the territory late last Tuesday and in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Head of operations, FCT Fire Service, Amiola Adebayo who confirmed the incidences, told journalists that the outbreaks happened in Wuse 2, Karmo market and Gwarimpa Estate in Abuja.
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Adebayo said men of the Fire Service had first responded to a distress call at a residential building behind the First Forty hotel in Wuse 2, before they were alerted to a fire outbreak at the Karmo market at about midnight, and then the I.C World Emporium at 4am in the Gwarinpa Estate.
“It is true. The exact time, I will get it across to you. They happened midnight. There is one that happened around 7:30 pm yesterday, that was behind First Forty Hotel, in Wuse 2. That one is a building being used as a commercial. Then we came back from that place, in the midnight, early in the morning today, another one happened in Karmo, from there we went to I.C mall again”.
However, further checks on the social media revealed that two separate videos posted on X (formerly Twitter) by @gistreel and @danielK2465, showed the moment the fire engulfed the IC World Shopping mall in Gwarimpa, and first responders trying to quench the fire in the Karmo market.
There was no casualty confirmed as of the time of filing this report.
