Fire has engulfed the doctor’s quarters of the Rivers State Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital, BMSH in Port Harcourt.
DAILY POST gathered that the fire started from the last floor of the two-storey building located around Forces Avenue, Old GRA, Port Harcourt.
But for the quick intervention of the combined effort of the State fire service, and other aids from Shell and the fire service of the Nigerian Port Authority, the fire would have razed the entire building.
DAILY POST further gathered that no one was hurt in the inferno but the last floor was badly damaged.
In the meantime, the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has relocated doctors at the state Hospital to guest houses in Port Harcourt.
The state governor, who visited the scene alongside the State Head of Service, Rufus Godwins and Commissioner for Health, Odagme Theophilus, sympathiised with the doctors and management of the Braithwaite Memorial Hospital over the incident.
Wike also announced the setting up of a panel of inquiry to establish the immediate and remote causes of the inferno.
“I want to sympathise with the doctors affected by this fire incident. We thank God that no life was lost.
“However, I have directed the Health Commissioner to set up a panel of inquiry to find out what led to the fire incident. If it is as a result of negligence, those involved will be sanctioned. We must endeavour to protect government property at all times,” Wike said.
Over the weekend, fire raised two major properties of the Rivers State Government, including the Banana plantation in Tai Local Government area of the State.
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