By Blessing Francis
Some residents, bystanders and angry mobs attacked personnel of the Fire Service over late arrival during fire incident in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.
Some sections of the Scanobo filing station witnessed an explosion on Thursday October 15, 2026, burning parts and vehicles within the station.
While the residents battled to put off the inferno manually, the Fire Service were said to have arrived after their efforts.
Raged with the firemen’s arrival, the crowd began throwing stones at the fire fighters, asking them to leave the scene.
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Police officers got to the scene first, before the fire service, and worked with other security personnel to keep the situation under control.
Police and other security agencies stepped in quickly and calmed things down. The fire truck was then safely escorted away and sent back to Calabar.
According to the Cross River State Police Command, no arrest has been made so far.
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