By Emmanuel Ndukuba
A late night firs has on Thursday night razed a private radio station; Kpakpando FM, in Mbaukwu, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra state.
Although the cause of the incident, which occurred around 9:30 p.m., is yet to be ascertained, the inferno was said to have partly burnt the building and some studio equipment, but no life was lost.
The State Fire Chief, Martin Agbili, confirmed the outbreak, stating that firefighters were deployed to the scene to extinguish the fire, preventing the inferno from spreading further.
He said, “At about 2139hrs (9:39 p.m.) of Thursday 07-03-2024, Anambra State Fire Service received a distress call of a fire outbreak at KPAKPANDO FM, MBAUKWU.
“Immediately, we deployed our fire truck and gallant Firefighters to the scene of the fire. We fought, controlled and extinguished the fire.
“The cause of the fire is unknown. The office building with its studio equipment was partly burnt while some equipment and other parts of the building were saved.
“We withdrew from the fire scene at about 2318hrs (11:18 p.m.).”.
