Fire guts warehouse in Onitsha

<p>Fire on Tuesday gutted a warehouse in a three storey-building at No. 64 Venn Road in Onitsha, Anambra State.</p>, <p>This was confirmed in a statement signed by the Director/Fire Chief of Anambra Fire Service, Mr Martin Agbili, on Wednesday in Onitsha.</p>, <p>Agbili said the Anambra Fire Service received a distress call on a fire outbreak in a three-storey building at No 64 Venn Road by Sanish in Onitsha at about 9:46 pm on Tuesday.</p>, <p>“We immediately deployed our fire trucks and our diligent firefighters to the scene of the fire.</p>, <p>“The cause of the fire is unknown and no life was lost.</p>, <p>“The fire partly affected the building and affected the goods at the ground floor as many vacuum flasks in the warehouse were destroyed”, he said.</p>, <p>Agbili said his men were able to control the fire from spreading to other buildings around.</p>