UPDATED: Fire Guts Treasury House in Abuja

Fire on Wednesday gutted the Treasury House which is the office of the Accountant General of the Federation in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

It was gathered that the fire started from around the third floor, razing the building upwards including the Accountant General’s office and most of the important offices.

The cause of the fire is however unknown as at the time of filing this report.

Meanwhile, the Federal Fire Service (FFS) has stated that the fire at the Accountant General’s Office has been extinguished.

The Office tagged “Treasure House” which was earlier reported have been up in flames, is located beside the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command in Garki, Abuja.

The Office workers are currently at home observing the social distancing order.

However, a combined team of men of the Federal and FCT Fire Services, as well as other security operatives, were immediately mobilised to the scene of the incident.