Early on Friday, according to ANAEDOONLINE.NG, a Guaranty Trust Bank branch in the Federal Capital Territory’s Mararaba neighbourhood went up in flames.
Before Abacha Road in Karu, the GTBank branch is situated alongside the Nyanya and Mararaba Expressway. The FCT and Nasarawa State share a border with Mararaba.
On Friday at 8:04 am, @braunsyrup, a Twitter user, alerted the Federal Fire Service and the GTBank to the fire incident.
Amiola Adebayo, the FCT Fire Service’s Head of Operations, confirmed the occurrence when contacted.
Yes, there was a fire at the bank, but we were able to put it out, he replied.
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A report from the fire service said the fire, which was put out at 8:40am, was caused by a power surge from the inverter system.
It added that the fire started from the server room at the top floor of the single-storey building.
Batteries, the inverter system and some furniture were lost to the fire, the report said.
The PUNCH could, however, not confirm whether there were any casualties or injuries to persons resulting from the fire, as of the time of filing this report.
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