Firefighters, on Saturday, battled frantically to put out the inferno that gutted the headquarters Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) office in Abuja.
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The fire was said to have started from the fourth floor of the building.
Reports quoting Anthony Ameh, a staff member of Zenith Bank branch housed within the Mortgage Bank building, described the fire as intense.
According to him, operatives of the Federal Fire Service, who arrived to put out the fire were battling the inferno as at Saturday night.
“The fire is so intense. About four trucks of Fire Service are here but they are unable to quench it,” he said.
At the time of filing this report, the cause of the fire incident could not be ascertained.