An explosion at the Canadian High Commission in Canada in the Nigerian capital Abuja resulted in the death of two people and sending two others to the hospital, according to the FCT Fire Service that responded to the call.

The police added that two people outside the building were injured as a result of the explosion. They are in the hospital receiving treatment.

Meanwhile, an eyewitness who tweeted a video of the fire captured large columns of black smoke rising from behind the white cube-shaped building.

The FCT Fire Service had received a call at 11:55 AM on Monday reporting an explosion of a tanker inside the generator building on Diplomatic Road in the city's central business district.

The fire was extinguished and they returned to the station by 1 PM.

Police have also been unable to confirm whether any of the people killed or hospitalized as a result of the explosion and the subsequent fire held Canadian nationality.