A raging fireplace destroyed items and property value N100m on Wednesday night time on the Cell Police barracks in Kwami Native Authorities Space of Gombe State.
PUNCH Metro learnt that property value N25m have been mentioned to have been saved from destruction by the well timed intervention of the Federal Fireplace Service, Gombe State Command.
The top of the command and Deputy Controller of Fireplace, Ayuba Jonah-Sule, made this recognized to PUNCH Metro on Thursday.
Jonah-Sule disclosed that his males swung into motion upon the receipt of data that wildfire had sacked households on the PMF 34 Barracks.
He mentioned, “Estimated property is N100m; estimated property saved is about N25m on the 34 PMF Squadron (Mopol Barracks Kwami City) in Gombe State. It’s a fireplace involving a 25-bedroom compound. Overlaying an space of about 200 by 100 metres.
“Fireplace extinguished by means of one medium jet of water working from FFS 193 and State Fireplace Service in attendance and Nigeria Police Pressure. State of affairs below management. However the equipment failed to begin. Due to this fact, I despatched for a diesel automobile mechanic to return and examine the fault with a view to transfer the fireplace equipment to the fireplace station, however all efforts proved abortive.
“After we have been about to depart, the automobile developed a fault, and we invited mechanics to return and look into it in order that we may get better it again to the station, however all our efforts proved abortive. Nonetheless, we’ve communicated with Abuja for them to ship an engineer as a result of the automobile continues to be below guarantee and we’ve limitations to work on the automobile.”
Additionally, the Gombe State Police Commissioner, Hayatu Usman, confirmed the incident to PUNCH Metro on Thursday.
The state police boss, nonetheless, famous that the fireplace didn’t have an effect on the command’s armoury, saying that investigations confirmed that the fireplace was attributable to a defective electrical set up.
Usman mentioned, “I feel the incident occurred at about 6 p.m. or thereabout, and {that a} block of 24 rooms was burnt. Some have been saying it was an influence surge. It’s nonetheless below investigation.
“They’re but to conclude as to what precipitated the fireplace, however from what we heard, it’s from defective electrical installations. Some individuals claimed it was an explosion, but it surely wasn’t an explosion. There is no such thing as a lack of lives, solely property.
“From the knowledge I obtained, the fireplace didn’t have an effect on the armoury; it affected simply the block. We don’t hold armouries in residential areas; what was affected have been their homes, the place they stick with their households.”
