A huge fire has gutted a section of the Lagos Airport Hotel causing panic among people and wrecking severe havoc on properties.
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A huge fire on Monday gutted the Lagos Airport Hotel in Ikeja.
The inferno made sure valuables worth millions of naira destroyed.
According to Punch Metro, the inferno resulted from a power surge in a section of the Banquet Hall around 5am before it extended to the other parts.
It took the efforts of the officials of the Lagos State Fire Service and the state’s Emergency Management Agency to prevent the fire from spreading to adjoining buildings.
Punch Metro reports that firefighters from the Alausa station battled the inferno with three trucks of water and was later put out around 6am.
An emergency official, who spoke with reporters on condition of anonymity, said operation ended at the hotel around 9am, adding that nobody was injured.
“With quick response from all emergency agencies, we were able to salvage the situation. The fire was relatively much and property worth millions of naira was destroyed. But no life was lost and nobody injured,” he added.