Lafia –  The Nasarawa State Ministry of Information and Ethical Re-orientation, Lafia, has been  gutted by fire on Friday.

The fire, which started in the ministry’s  store, destroyed  property worth millions of Naira.

The ministry’s staff intervened by using  detergents and water to check the fire before the arrival of  fire fighters.

When journalists visited the scene, the Commissioner, Alhaji Hamza Elayo, and other senior staff of the ministry were seen making  efforts to put off the fire.

A competent source in the ministry told our reporter that  no life was lost in the inferno.

He said archival materials such as calendars, historical documents, diaries and other electrical appliances  were burnt.

Elayo  told reporters that the  fire  was caused by  power fluctuations.

Elayo said that the fire started around 10.30 a.m but was put off through  efforts of the ministry’s staff before the arrival of fire fighters from the state fire service.

He said  the ministy’s store was being  reorganised before the  incident.

Elayo said that experts  would  be invited from the state ministry of works to ascertain the  level of damage in the building to avoid cracks that might lead to its collapse. (NAN)