The fifth floor of the office of the electricity supply and billing company in Freetown is still smouldering this evening, after fire broke out in the building early this morning.
It is not clear what started the fire, but suspicions are rife. Neither is it the first time Electricity House has gone ablaze.
Poorly equipped firemen battled all day long to bring the fire under control. Luckily there was no one in the building when the fire started.
It is suspected that criminal syndicates working for individuals that are interested in destroying the records of the company may have set the office alight.
As the police begin to conduct their investigations they will be looking at the possibility of arson, given the thousands of electricity utility bill defaulters in the city, who would be interested in starting the New Year with a ‘clean electricity bill’ by destroying the records.
In the last five years of the life of the ruling APC government there have been several auspicious fires at prominent government offices.
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