By Our Reporter
NATIONAL
The police firefighters yesterday, 27th April, 2022 morning managed to quickly put out the fire that caught the Supreme Court premises, saving the multibillion complex and other properties in the building from getting burnt.
The police spokesman, Fred Enanga said the Directorate of Fire and Rescue Services, on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at around 10.12am, made a rapid and prompt response to a fire at the Supreme Court. The premises are located at Plot 10, Upper Hill, in Kololo, Kampala city.
He said the first firefighting crew was dispatched from the Kololo Independence Grounds and arrived at the scene within five minutes.
“They found heavy flames and smoke coming from the Chambers of the Chief Justice and immediately entered the building and aggressively started fighting the fire in the Chambers,” Enanga said in a statement released on Wednesday evening. He said the team was joined by additional firefighters from the fire and rescue services headquarters and managed to quickly put out the fire within 30minutes.
“Their efforts prevented the fire from spreading to the offices of the Chief Justice and other adjacent office. We are grateful that there were no injuries or lives lost,” Enanga explained, adding that only furniture and the Air Condition system inside the Chambers got burnt.
“We want to greatly thank the firefighters, for saving the multibillion complex and other properties in the building from getting burnt. 16 crew members in four firefighting trucks attended to the scene,” he further explained.
According to Enanga, the Director of Criminal Investigations Directorate, Dr Tom Magambo Wednesday visited the scene with a team of experts from forensics, fire and rescue, electrical engineers and consultants to establish the cause of the fire.
He called upon the public to remain calm, saying a report revealing their findings would be released accordingly.
He further reminded the public to always adopt better fire detection and protection measures. “Remember fire can start anywhere and anytime, it is, therefore, everyone’s role to fight fires,” he stated.
