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Global Affairs Canada said an investigation is underway but there is no belief at this time that the explosion was anything other than a terrible accident.

Nkechi Isa, spokeswoman for the State Emergency Management Agency in Abuja, said a fire broke out in the morning while workers were servicing generators.

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Two more maintenance workers were being treated for severe burns, she added.

Global Affairs Canada said in a statement that one of the two killed was a locally hired employee of the high commission.

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Global Affairs also said it has closed the mission, located in the diplomatic quarter of Abuja, until further notice.

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The office of Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu published an image of smoke wafting from the building. A spokesman wrote that Tinubu expressed condolences, and offered his government香蕉视频直播檚 香蕉视频直播渇ull support香蕉视频直播� to those working at the high commission.

Global Affairs Canada data, provided to the Senate foreign affairs committee, said that as of August 2022 there were 12 Canadian diplomats and 32 locally hired staff at the Nigerian high commission.

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