Fire on Thursday engulfed parts of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Makurdi Office, situated in the Benue State Capital disrupting banking activities.
The incident which started at about 7am was quickly put off by men of the Federal Fire Service who were alerted by security men on duty.
Although, efforts to speak with authorities at the Bank proved abortive as people including newsmen were denied access into the facility by security personnel, a source disclosed that, the fire started from the power section of the Bank.
The source however said that the fire did not affect other sections of the Bank, alleging that the fire could be caused as a result of a technical fault.
Other sources say the inferno started from the fuel dome of the bank located at new GRA area of the metropolis a few meters from the Government house.
They are also concerns that huge sums of money could have been affected by the inferno.
Staff of the Bank were seen hanging around in shock discussing the incident at the time of filling this report.
When contacted, the Director of Benue State Fire Service, Donald Ikyaaza, confirmed the report and said that he received a distress call about the fire incident and promptly deployed his men to the scene.
Police public relations officer Sewuese Anene equally confirmed the unfortunate incident adding that personnel had been deployed to check any form of looting.