The presiding Pastor of the Abuja branch of the House on the Rock Church Rev. Kennedy Asigime, said that fire-fighters came with the same ladder used by Electric Distribution Companies and with no water when Church was gutted by fire on Sunday.
According Rev. Asigime no casualty was recorded as members of the church had gone home at the time of the event.
The Cleric while addressing Journalist in the Church said “The most unfortunate thing is the fact that we have a fire service that is not properly equipped to help in such situations. “We have no idea what caused the fire, whether it is an electrical fault or not, nobody knows for now. Fire fighters struggling to quench the fire that gutted the House on the Rock at Airport Road in Abuja Sunday “This whole building cost about N3 billion and a very substantial part of the building has been totally destroyed. “We cannot be sure of what is left standing now, we need to do an integrity test to know if the whole building is going to be knocked down,’’
Stressing further about the incident, Asigime however, said that the timely response of the Fire Service was commendable but the response with substance to deal with the situation is below zero. the fire fighters were not well equipped to extinguish the fire as they lacked the required liquid and they came with the same ladder used by Electric Distribution Companies.
“They were just here because they want to put it on record that they responded to the call; but they got here and said they did not have water. Until trucks from the private sector started coming, trucks from Julius Berger and NNPC, may God help us in this country,’’ Asigime said.
An eye witness account disclosed that the Sunday fire incident which gutted the N3 billion 10, 000 sitting capacity House on the Rock church building known as `Citadel and Towers went up in flames at about 2pm as the rain was falling.
