Firefighters at the scene of the fire incident. Photo:
Property worth about N80m was destroyed when fire gutted two residential flats at Yalenguruza Quarters, opposite MacConnels Hotel, Gombe State.
The Federal Fire Service, Gombe State Command, disclosed this in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, ASF MB Mu’azu, on Friday.
According to the statement, “the command received a distress call about the incident at 3:03pm and mobilised its FFS 215 Multipurpose Water Tender from the ATM Fire Station five minutes later.”
It said firefighters arrived at the scene at about 3:15pm and found that the fire had affected two separate residential flats comprising several rooms.
