A commercial building was gutted by fire on Friday at Atani Road by Uga junction in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Fire Chief of Anambra Fire Service, Chukwudi Chiketa, made this known in Onitsha.
Chiketa said, “We received a distress call at about 5:17 a.m. today, and I immediately deployed our gallant firefighters to the scene of the fire incident.
“The incident occurred on the top floor of a story building inside a GMO company, situated at Atani road by Uga junction, Okpoko.
“Though the top floor of the one-storey building was affected, there were many savings, including other structures and property inside the company’s premises.”
He said that the firemen could control the fire from escalating beyond the top floor of the building, noting that the cause of the fire had yet to be ascertained. He encouraged residents to make timely contact with the fire service in any related situation to help reduce the extent of damage before the arrival of firefighters.
Recall that about a week ago, fire gutted some lock-up shops with goods near Eke Awka Market in Awka.
It was reported that the fire emanated from one of the shops with residents seeing thick flames as the fire was spreading to other shops, before men of the state fire service arrived at the scene.
