Fire razes Gombe correspondents’ office, state library store

Fire has razed the Gombe State correspondents’ chapel office housing the correspondents of national newspapers and other media organisations in the state.

The fire, which broke out on Sunday night, also burnt a store belonging to the Gombe State Library Board where old books and newspapers were kept.

According to eyewitnesses, the inferno started from the first office which is used by the library to store their old books and newspapers Sunday midnight.

They said the fire was extinguished by officers of the Gombe State Fire Service but resurfaced at the roof of the correspondents’ chapel office which is very close to the library store at about 1:20 p.m. on Monday.

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They added that some chapel members were informed and rushed to the scene where they were able to put out the fire with the collective efforts from residents of the area before fire officers came for the second time to quench the remnants of the flames.

Meanwhile, the Gombe State Government through the Secretary to the State Government, Abubakar Njodi, has commiserated with the journalists over the incident

Njodi instructed the state Commissioner of Information to liaise with the leadership of the union to see how the government could help over the incident.

The Star