Fire has gutted the Federal Ministry of Finance building located in the Central Area in Abuja, on Wednesday morning.
The building also houses the Budget Office of the Federation.
It was gathered that firefighters arrived at the building early to put out the inferno.
The fire is said to have affected the basement of the building where the inferno started from.
Inverter batteries at the basement of the building were said to have caused the explosion, which resulted in the inferno.
Our correspondent who visited the scene observed that the main building was not affected by the fire
Workers and other people were going about their normal duties after the firefighters’ timely intervention.