Tue, 03 Jan 2017 08:04:35 +0000 By PRISCA LUMINGU-BANDA THERE was panic at Findeco House yesterday after a fire broke out in an air conditioner in a room on the 23rd floor of the building. The fire which was noticed around 08:00 hours was believed to have been caused by an electric fault in the air conditioner. Fire Fighters from Lusaka City Council and engineers from ZESCO both complained about the poor state of electrical installations within the building, forcing Zesco to shut down power in the entire building for over five hours. Zesco has appealed to National Housing Authority (NHA) which runs the building to correct all the bad wiring at the building as it posed a danger to human life. Zesco spokesperson Henry Kapata told the Daily Nation that power in the building would only be restored once NHA rectified the wiring system. “It’s all about poor wiring, that is what caused […]
Findeco fire causes panic
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