Firefighting crew during the rescue operation. CREDIT: Federal Fire Service, Gombe State Command
A fire outbreak at the Technology Incubation Centre, near the Police Headquarters in Gombe, on Friday affected five shops, destroying property estimated at N4m.
The Federal Fire Service, Gombe State Command, in a statement, said its intervention helped prevent the fire from spreading, saving property estimated at N15m.
The command said it received a distress call about the incident at 10:14 a.m., after which a multipurpose water tender was immediately deployed to the scene.
The firefighting crew, led by ASF II Mukhtar Shehu, with IF Bernard as the driver, commenced operations on arrival and eventually extinguished the fire using one medium jet of water.
