Fire razes tuberculosis reference lab in Zaria

A multi-million Naira Reference Laboratory Centre at the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Training Centre (NTBLC) in Zaria, Kaduna state, was yesterday razed.
The burnt reference centre is one of the best in Africa fully equipped with functional facilities for the test of HIV, leprosy and malaria among other diseases.
A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who visited the scene, reports that the fi re which lasted for about three hours was later brought under control by fi re fighters.
However, the cause of the fi re was not yet ascertained.
When contacted, the Principal of the Centre, Labaran Shehu, declined to comment, saying “the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
” He, however, promised to conduct a thorough investigation on the cause of the incident and address journalists later on his findings.