Fire guts shop at Abuja mall

A fire incident has reportedly gutted the Adidas Sports shop at the Jabi Lake Mall, Abuja, in the early hours of Thursday. Abuja Metro reports that only the shop was affected. It was further gathered that firefighters from the Federal Fire Service, the Berger Fire Department, and the FCT Fire Service, as well as police […]

A fire incident has reportedly gutted the Adidas Sports shop at the Jabi Lake Mall, Abuja, in the early hours of Thursday.

Abuja Metro reports that only the shop was affected.

It was further gathered that 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.

When Abuja Metro visited yesterday morning, the fire had been contained.

A worker at the shop said the incident happened around 3:00 a.m. on Thursday.

He said no casualty was recorded at the scene. He confirmed, “Only the Adidas Sports shop was affected by the fire.” Ibrahim Mohammad, the spokesperson of the FCT Fire Service, confirmed the incident to Abuja Metro but said it was a minor one.

He said the situation had been brought under control and normalcy returned.

Also reacting, FCT Police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said 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.