Fire has broken out at a filling station operated by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) at Yaya Abatan area of Ogba, Lagos.
The fire, which affected vehicles and houses around the fuel station started 1:10pm Monday. Efforts to put out the outbreak is ongoing, while the cause of the outbreak has not been known.
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Although the cause of the fire on Monday has not been confirmed, it is said to have begun affecting nearby buildings.
Firefighters have arrived the scene, according to footages shared by eyewitnesses on social media.
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However, The Jos branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Plateau State was gutted by the outbreak. CBN confirmed the incident in a Tweet on Tuesday.
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“Minor outbreak at the Jos branch of Central bank of Nigeria, promptly contained today, April 21, 2020,” the apex bank tweeted.
This adds to the series of outbreaks that have hit key government offices in the country in recent days.
On April 8, fire broke out at the Treasury House, a building housing the Accountant General of the Federation’s office, exactly a week after there was another outbreak at the headquarters of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) while the Independent National Electoral Commission’s office in Abuja was also gutted by fire a few days after.
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