Dare Babalola
A massive fire has swept through a store at the Jabi Lake Mall, Abuja in the early hours of Thursday, leaving a trail of destruction.
The cause of the fire, which started around 3am, could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report but only the Adidas Sports shop was affected.
Firefighters from the Federal Fire Service, the Berger Fire Department, and the FCT Fire Service, as well as police officers, were deployed to the scene.
A resident of Jabi, identified only as Saliu, said the fire had been contained.
“Around 3am., this morning, there was a fire incident at the Jabi Lake Mall in Abuja. No loss of life or injury was recorded. Only the Adidas Sports shop was affected by the fire,” Saliu told newsmen.
The FCT police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, also confirmed the incident saying police officers were deployed to the location to secure the area and prevent looting.
“We received a distress call at about 3:40 a.m. We immediately deployed our men there to secure the place and prevent any breach of public order,” she said.
Recall that a fire incident had earlier rocked the Old Karu market in the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja.
The fire, which destroyed goods worth millions of naira, was put to an end by officials of the Federal Capital Territory Fire Service, Federal Fire Service and Julius Berger Fire Service.
