PM News correspondent reported that, the inferno started from the block occupied by the Federal Ministry of Education, adding that fire fighters are currently battling to put out the fire before it spread to adjourning buildings.
Witnesses also confirmed that the ravaging fire stared from the sixth floor of the building and is believed to have gutted the seventh and eight floors.
Fire fighters are still having a swell time putting out the inferno, sources added.
An emergency official, who did not want his identity to be revealed said: “All the fire extinguishers in the building have expired. “They could have been used to extinguish the fire when it first started. But they didn’t work.”
The firemen were said to be scrambling for ladders to climb up to the top floors where the fire began.
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