Central Bank of Nigeria, Lagos
office is on fire. The fire reportedly started at about 5:40 pm today.
The timely intervention of the
Federal, State and private fire services on Tuesday evening saved the
old CBN building at Tinubu Square in Lagos from
being razed down.
Mr Njoku Chika, Head of
Fire Prevention, Federal Fire Service in Lagos, said that the fire started at
about 5.00 pm from the first floor on left wing of the five storey
building.
Chika said that the floor was
housing the administrative department of the apex bank, stressing that the fire
was put out by 5.10 pm.
“Fire services from the Federal,
State, UBA, Union Bank collaborated to put out the inferno.
“The police and civil defence
corps provided security to the areas.. No death was
recorded,’’ Chika said.
Mr Rasak Fadipe, Director,
Lagos State Fire Service, told NAN that one of his men was
injured in the thick smoke, but the man was resuscitated.
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