Pandemonium as fire guts Rivers secretariat

By Daniel Abia, P/Harcourt

The Rivers State secretariat was connected Monday gutted by fire, which caused terrible panic among civilian servants and different members of the public.

The Head of Rivers State Civil Service, Dr Mrs Inyingi Brown, however, said that determination were nary casualties astatine the occurrence incidental that occurred astatine the State Secretariat Complex.

Speaking to newsmenat the determination of the incidence, the crushed level of Podium Block, the Head of Service reiterated that, connected announcement of the fire, the State Fire Service and different agencies were promptly called to incorporate the inferno.

“We were informed that determination was a occurrence incidental astatine the close wing, crushed level of Podium Block.

and we instantly made calls to the Rivers State Fire Service, and they responded promptly.

We besides called different partners of the state, specified arsenic the Renaissance, Federal Fire Service and the military, who promptly sent their occurrence trucks. It’s a combined effort, and arsenic we speak, you tin spot that the occurrence has been contained.

“We convey God, and we convey His Excellency Sir Siminalayi Fubara for being proactive successful rehabilitating the occurrence work earlier this time. If not for his concern successful the Fire Service, this concern would person been worse,” she stressed.

She noted that nary beingness was lost, though the authorities aesculapian services are connected the crushed to curtail immoderate signifier of emergency.

Brown maintained that preliminary reports for origin of the occurrence whitethorn person been arsenic a effect of electrical faults.

“We impulse each civilian servants to instrumentality work successful safety. Put disconnected our sockets and our lights. Not conscionable putting disconnected the sockets, but unplugging to ensure

there is nary residual complaint due to the fact that these buildings are practice buildings and

we don’t privation thing to hap to them,” she stressed.

She further assured that Governor Fubara is moving connected measures to refurbish the buildings, which volition beryllium made known soon.

The station Pandemonium arsenic occurrence guts Rivers secretariat appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.