LAFIA – Nasarawa State Fire Service received 127 distress calls in 2014, Mr Dogara Dalhatu, the state Chief Fire Officer, has said.
“Out of the calls, 117 were for fire outbreak while the remaining 10 were for rescue operation,’’ Dalhatu said on Tuesday in Lafia in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
He said that during the year under review, properties worth N44 million were destroyed by fire across the state while properties worth over N692 million were served during rescue operation.
He attributed the cause of the fire to human factors such as carelessness, storage of fuel at home, misuse of electrical appliances, bush burning, accident among others.
Dalhatu advised the people not to keep petrol at home even as he urged them to be careful while handling electrical appliances.
He called on the people to report cases of fire outbreak to the offices of the fire service in the areas.
He said that the service was faced with the challenges of shortage of manpower and inadequate equipment. (NAN)
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