Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- Officials of the Ondo State Fire Service on Wednesday watched helplessly as fire razed a storey building in Akure, the Ondo State, destroying property worth millions of naira.

The incident occurred just as the state governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, and his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, were being sworn-in for a second term in office.

The residential building located opposite the Ondo State Ministry of Works complex, along Oyemekun Road, Akure, caught fire around 10 a.m., witnesses said.

Although there is no official account as to the cause of the fire, residents who live nearby suspect the incident could have been caused by a power surge.

Some of the tenants who had left home before the fire outbreak lost all their pro...