Headquarters of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMBN, located in Abuja, has been gutted by fire.
The fire started from the fourth floor of the building.
Speaking to DAILY POST, a security personnel in the premises of the Mortgage Bank building, who pleaded anonymity, said the fire is so intense.
According to him, operatives of the Federal Fire Service, who came to contain the fire have not been able to arrest the situation.
“The fire is so intense. About four trucks of Fire Service are here but they are unable to quench it,” he said.
Another eyewitness, a Facebook user, Praise Chukwu, who shared photographs from the scene, said the fire continued to spread despite efforts by emergency responders.
“Mortgage Bank of Abuja, opposite CBN, currently on fire. The fire service team are putting up their best to take it out, but the fire seems to be spreading across the top floor of the building,” Chukwu wrote.
At the time of filing this report, the cause of the fire incident cannot be ascertained.