Tall & Urban News

A fire on Monday, 13 July 2020 damaged a section of the World Trade Center building located in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

An eyewitness said that the fire started from the top of the skyscraper that dots the skyline of Central Business District, Abuja, as smoke billowed from the pinnacle.

First responders, including firefighters, have since been drafted to the incident scene.

The General Manager, WTC Abuja, Ibukun Adeogun, explained that the fire had been extinguished by high-pressure sprinklers in the building.

He said, “There was a minor fire outbreak at one of the floors close to the top floor near the shaft. The building is a high-tech building and the sprinklers put out the fire. Because the fire occurred close to the top floor and the extraction system was on the roof, smoke was coming out even after the fire had been extinguished.”

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