News Investigators/ The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Fire Service, says it saved 69 human lives and rescued property worth N14 ,466 ,915, 000 billion from fire incidences in the territory between January and September.
This is contained in a Fire and Rescue Statistics record made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the FCT Service spokesperson, Ibrahim Mohammad on Wednesday in Abuja.
Mr Mohammad said that 18 human lives and property worth N6,072,214,500 billion were however loss within the period under review.
According to him, in March, 30 persons were saved, April, 13, June, 22 and July, four while in January, February, May, August and September, no loss of lives was recorded.
The record further read that March and April recorded the loss of 10 and eight persons respectively while the other seven months had no lives lost.
”The Service also received 338 fire calls, with February recording the highest with 64 calls, followed by January, 59, April, 51, June, 35, March, 33, May, 31, July, 24, August, 21 and September, 20.
”We also recorded a total of nine rescue calls within the period.
NAN
