Samsung Plaza, a popular mobile phone and accessory shop located along Aminu Kano Crescent, Abuja, was on Monday razed by fire.
The Public Relations Officer of the FCT Emergency Management Agency, Nkechi Isa, who confirmed the incident.
He said men of the Federal Fire Service who were deployed to contain the fire were attacked by hoodlums who were looting the store.
In a video which has gone viral on social media, Passersby were also seen running for safety.
“Hoodlums attacked men of the Federal Fire Service who were sent to quench the fire, so they had to request for reinforcement from the Police and NSCDC,” she said.
She said although the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, efforts were being made to put it out.
In a similar incident on Monday, two people died while the two others were hospitalised after the Canadian High Commission in Abuja was razed, DAILY GIST reports.
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