Two people have been reported dead in a fire incident that occurred at the High Commission of Canada to Nigeria, located in the Central Business District of Abuja.
Two others were also reported injured and hospitalised with severe burns.
Confirming the incident, the Head of Operations of the FCT Fire Service, Amiola Adebayo, told journalists that two people were fatally injured in the incident, while about three or four other victims had been rushed to hospitals.
“Yes, yes, it’s true. We have two fatally injured and the others in the hospital, either three or four,” he said.
Adebayo, however, did not state the cause of the fire incident or the nationality of the victims.
A statement by the Head of Public Affairs of the FCT Emergency Management Agency, Nkechi Isa, disclosed that the incident was caused by a diesel explosion in the generator house of the Canadian Embassy, leaving two persons fatally injured, while two other victims had been rushed to the Trauma Centre of the National Hospital Abuja.
Isa noted that the incident occurred at about 10:30 a.m. on Monday morning when a five-man team from a JMD company went in to service the Mikano generators used by the Embassy.
“A diesel tank explosion in the generator house at the Canadian Embassy in the Federal Capital Territory has left two persons dead and two hospitalized at the National Hospital Trauma Centre with severe burns. The incident happened at about 10:45 am today.
