A portion of the federal secretariat located around the three arm zone in Abuja has been gutted by fire.

The cause of the fire, which started at the car park, and began around 6pm on Wednesday, was not known as at the time of filling this report.

However, a civil servant who did not want her name on print told our correspondent that there were two outbreaks at the secretariat.

She said, “There were two fire outbreaks, one happened at the car park around 6 and the other at the third floor of the secretariat after the fire fighters had left. We discovered another fire there. I can’t say what caused the fire and the number of vehicles that got burnt.”

Our correspondent gathered that men of the federal and FCT fire services were at the scene to put out the fire.

The Acting Director, Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency, Mrs. Florence Wenegieme confirmed the incident.

She said, “The incident happened. There was no loss of life. The fire was at the car park. The federal fire service has an outpost, FCT fire service was there too to help. They have more details.”

The spokesperson for the Federal Fire Service, Ugo Huan, did not pick calls put to her line.