The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said that a minor incident occurred at the equipment room of the new international terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja around 3:00pm today (Friday).
FAAN spokeswoman, Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, said in a statement that the “incident was however swiftly curtailed by the in-built fire detection and protection system at the new terminal that triggered automatically.”
She explained that the building was designed and built with fire protection system that activates automatically when it senses high ambient temperatures and sprays fire extinguishing agent.
“The residue of powder sprayed by the system was seen in the cloud, there was no fire at all.
The authority will like to reassure passengers and the general public that there is no cause for panic, as the incident has been put under control and our fire men are clearing the remnants of powder after which operations will resume,” she said.
