The Director, Arua Nnanna, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria in Umuahia, the state capital, on Thursday.
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A worker with Chab, who pleaded anonymity, said the fire outbreak began at about 12 noon and lasted till about 2pm before it was quenched by the Abia State Fire Service firemen from both Aba and Umuahia stations.
It was gathered that the incident, which caused panic in the area, housing the headquarters of the Department of State Security Service (DSS), Abia Assembly, the Zone 9 Headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and among state-of-the-art buildings engulfed 9 out of 10 cars parked within the area court building.