Black smoke was seen billowing from a part of the building which is located at the Central Business District of Abuja on Wednesday.
It is not yet certain what led to the fire.
But Gnbnews learnt the fire was put out and that it did not affect a major part of the building.
Oshundun said the fire was put out with fire fighting equipment at the Ministry within twenty minutes and that the effect of the fire incident is minor as it only affected the basement of the Ministry.
Also, the Federal Ministry of Finance in a tweet explained the cause of the fire outbreak.
According to them, the incident occurred on the corridor in the basement involving an isolated battery pack and it has been put out by the security personnel on duty.
