The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria ( FAAN.) has said that incident that happened in the equipment room the newly commissioned terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja was not a fire outbreak but a minor glitch.
FAAN however said the minor incident was swiftly curtailed by the inbuilt fire detection and protection system at the new terminal that triggered automatically.
In a statement, the spokesperson at FAAN, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu said: “The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria hereby notifies the general public of a minor incident that occurred at the equipment room of the new international terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 3:00pm today.
“The incident was however swiftly curtailed by the in-built fire detection and protection system at the new terminal that triggered automatically.”
She said further that the building was designed and built with this protection system. The system comes up when it senses high ambient temperatures and sprays fire extinguishing agent.
The FAAN’ s image maker explained that what many people around saw coming out of the terminal and mistook for smoke from fire was actually the residue of powder sprayed by the inbuilt equipment.
“The residue of powder sprayed by the system was seen in the cloud, there was no fire at all,” Yakubu emphasized.
FAAN has reassured passengers and the general public that there is no cause for panic, as the incident has been put under control and its fire men are clearing the remnants of powder after while operations will resume.
