Fire Guts CBN Office In Lagos

The Central Bank of Nigeria building at Marina, Lagos State, went up in flames on Tuesday evening, spreading panic among residents who fled for dear lives.

 The cause of the fire had yet to be ascertained as of press time, eyewitnesses said they began seeing smokes emanating from the first floor of the building around 5.10pm.

It was learnt that the fire created traffic snarl around the area as fire service men and other rescue agencies fight hard to break into the scene to put out the inferno.

However, men of the Lagos State Fire Service, who arrived earlier, were seen battling the flames around 6pm.

The Director and Head of the Lagos State Fire Service, Mr. Razak Fadipe, told newsmen that he was informed of the fire around 5.45pm.

He said, “We received a distress call around 5.45pm. We deployed a 10,000-litre fire truck from the Onikan Fire Station to the scene and another 10, 000 litres truck from Sari Iganmu, including the area ladder.

“The fire involved a five-storey building belonging to the CBN. The fire is on the third floor, which is divided into two wings. The fire only affected one of the wings.”