Fire guts Canadian High Commission

THERE was a major fire outbreak, today, at the High Commission of Canada in Nigeria’s capital city.

Parts of the building situated at 13010G, Palm Close, Diplomatic Drive, Central Business District in Abuja were affected.

Details of the incident were sketchy as of this time but the Head of Operations of the FCT Fire Service, Amiola Adebayo, said no fewer than three other victims had been rushed to the hospital.

“We have two fatally injured and the others in the hospital, either three or four,” he said.

However, he did not state the cause of the inferno.