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Alhaji Abbas Idriss, the Director-General of the Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency, has denounced the attack on the fire service personnel and their vehicles that took place on Friday after they were called to the Enya filling station, Halli Brothers, Wuse Zone 1 Abuja, to deal with a fire.

According to The News Agency of Nigeria, a fuel-filled tanker that was parked inside the premises caught fire at around 7 o’clock, causing the filling station to burst into flames.

The gas station was completely destroyed by the fire, which was out for almost two and a half hours.

No fatalities were reported, and almost all fuel-lined vehicles were successfully removed, with the exception of a few that were damaged by the fire’s heat.

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Idriss told NAN that the impact of the fire would have been minimised if hoodlums had not prevented the fire service men from accessing the filling station.

While expressing worry over the unfortunate incident, he wondered why individuals would want to destroy fire trucks procured for the purpose of extinguishing fire and the safety of lives and property.

An eye witness, who identified himself as Ishakku, had earlier said that crowd began to gather upon explosion from the tanker, with smoke oozing from the burning station.

He said the fire had burnt for almost an hour before the fire service men came and the crowd mixed with hoodlums had become impatient.

He said the hoodlums, on sighting the fire service vehicles, began to throw stones, sticks and other materials at them.

According to him, the first two fire vehicles that arrived at the scene early could not wait because they were attacked.

”The officers with their vehicles had to run for safety, which made the fire to cause more damage to the filling station.

Had it been the fire service trucks were not attacked and the men were allowed when they came, the damage would have been minimal,” he said.

He said it took the combined intervention of military officers, police, and other security personnel in the FCT to disperse the crowd before the fire service men could gain access to the filling station.

The FEMA DG who was at the scene of the incident to assess the impact, described the act as barbaric, adding that it was a serious offence punishable under the law.

The fire service came to extinguish the fire and they were being attacked, they can’t stay and you can see the damage caused.

”Hoodlums are attacking them (fire service men), it is a very seriously offence that must be addressed, and such act must be discouraged across the country,” the DG said.

Idriss stressed the need for public to be enlightened on why they should not prevent or attack fire service men or vehicles who came for operations.

”If hoodlums are throwing stones and injuring them, they can’t stay, it is very important that the public are aware on the importance of the service of fire official and other agencies,” he added.

The DG also sought the support of the media in sensitising the public to the operation of fire service men and emergency management officials

”It is very unfortunate that generally we have been having filling station fire in the FCT, but we have been doing everything to nip it in the bud,” he said.

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