By Nneka Nwogwugwu
Fire has engulfed the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) office section of the Federal Secretariat, Asaba, Delta State.
The inferno occurred on Tuesday, leaving a firefighters injured after he was said to have fallen from the second floor.
The State Coordinator, NYSC, Mrs Olutayo Samuel who spoke to the PUNCH, said everything in the section was destroyed.
She said, “What happened this morning (Tuesday) is very unfortunate. I got a call that our office was on fire and I quickly rushed there; I don’t know how the fire gutted the office. Nobody can ascertain what exactly caused the fire.
“Virtually everything there got burnt; everything in the office got damaged. All the documents were burnt to ashes, but we have back-up. You know this is the technology age, so everything is in our system.
“I cannot put a cost to it now, but it is a colossal damage. But by the grace of God, no life was lost, because that is the most important thing. I feel good because whatever was damaged can be replaced.”
One of the officials of the Federal Fire Service, who spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity, said the quick response of the agency and its state counterpart prevented the fire from escalating to other sections of the secretariat.
