Report emanating from the International Gospel Church in Warri has it that there was a fire incident that broke out at the church that belongs to the President of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor.

Eyewitnesses expressed that the tragic incident happened after the second service  and that the fire reportedly gutted the guest house, radio/TV studio, clinic and library. Some members of the church who were around during the service raised alarm about the fire ourbreak when they noticed the smoke billowing over the rooftop of the church.

The fire reportedly lasted from about 12:30 – 1pm before fire service men from the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, arrived the scene of the incident and quelled it by about 2:30pm.

Daily Independent reports that the fire destroyed properties estimated to have run into millions of naira. It was however gathered that Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor and his wife Helen were still in the office when the fire broke out.

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