Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting
Midnight inferno has razed down three radio broadcasting stations, Enyimba 94.3 FM, Rose 101.9 FM and Legend 98.3 FM, all located off Margret Avenue on the PZ axis of Aba-Owerri road in Aba North Local Government Area of Abia State.
Incident which happened on Saturday night, destroyed electronic broadcasting equipment worth millions of naira.
The three radio stations, though run independently, share the same building.
It however took the intervention of the personnel of the Abia State Fire Service to stop the fire from spreading to other buildings in the area.
Though, the management of Enyimba TV and Radio Limited; the parent body of the two other stations in an official statement said that they were making efforts to know the remote cause of the inferno, a staff of the station disclosed that the fire started from the television section of the mother station before it spread to other sister stations.
It was learnt that no life was lost but no broadcasting equipment was spared.
The management further disclosed that they were temporarily shutting down operation across the three stations to enable them assess the level of damage in the affected stations and carry precautionary measures to avert future occurrence.