Fire ravages 7-Storey Lagos building, leaving trail of destruction

A devastating fire swept through a seven-storey commercial building located in the Iddo area of Lagos Island on Thursday, leaving extensive damage in its wake.

No lives were, however, lost in the incident.

The fire started about 10.05am, according to the Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye.

She said the fire originated in the archival room of the building, which houses commercial banks, a bottling company, and other businesses.

“A fire outbreak on the first floor of a seven-storey commercial building belonging to AG Leventis, Iddo House, Iddo, via Oyingbo, Lagos, has been extinguished by the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service.

‘The building, occupied by Nigeria Bottling Company PLC, reported the fire at 10:22 am on Thursday.

“The fire, which started in an archival room of about 108 square metres on the first floor, was confined to its origin and successfully put out by the combined efforts of the Sari Iganmu and Ebute Elefun Fire Stations of the agency,” she said in a statement obtained by Persecondnews.

According to her, the fire was caused by rising room temperature.

‘While investigations into the cause of the fire are ongoing, preliminary findings suggest self-ignition in the confined archival space due to rising room temperature.

‘Fortunately, there are no reported casualties in an operation that has since been completed,’ Adeseye stated.