Information gathered has shown that there is a fire incident at Sopurum Hotel, located in the Nkwelle community, a commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State, burning a substantial part of the structure.
According to report, the fire started at about 4:30 am on Monday though the cause of the fire is yet to be dislosed at the time of filling this report
However, it was noted that the fire service men from Delta and Anambra states arrived on time and were already on the ground to quench battling the situation.
Punch report also revealed that, the Anambra State Fire Chief, Martins Agbili, could not be immediately reached for either on calls nor text messages.
But the state police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the situation was under control.
“The situation is under control. The fire started around 4:30 am on Monday and when we got the information, our men were quickly mobilised to the scene and they condoned off the area to avoid any case of vandalism.
“No loss of life and the men of the fire service are on the ground controlling the situation and managing the fire,” Ikenga added.