Ben Ayade 

Cross River State Government House was between  late hours of Satuday and the early hours of Sunday caught in a fire outbreak  allegedly caused by electrical spark from a generator house.

The Commanding Officer, Calabar Command of the Federal Fire Service,  Mrs Olumayowa Olomola who  confirmed the fire incident added that it  took the intervention of the Federal Fire Service to put out the fire.

Dailyledger.com.ng  reports that the Government House in the capital city houses the office of the Governor and some of the civil servants as well as aides to the governor.

It was gathered that some vital documents were also affected by the fire that lasted more than three hours.

Meanwhile, the Cross River Government has said that the fire incident did not cause major damage.

Mr Christian Ita, Special Adviser on Media to the Governor said, “it was just a minor incident and no damage was caused by the incident. There was also no file damaged.

“It was only a building attached to Governor’s Office and no major activity takes place there.”