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BREAKING NEWS: Fire Outbreak At Lagos International Airport

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10 years ago

October 23, 2014

There was pandemonium at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos on Thursday afternoon following fire outbreak in the top floor.
DailyPost reported that the inferno which occurred few hours ago covered the second floor of the terminal of MMIA, before it was swiftly put out.
According to a source at the airport who didn’t want to be named, the fire started at the second floor of the terminal in the commercial department of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) during a surge in electricity supply.
The source said passengers and other airport users at the departure hall ran helter-skelter to safety.
Meanwhile, normalcy is gradually returning as the fire has been extinguished while airport officials and passengers are going about their activities.
According to ThisDay, the inferno which reportedly engulfed the second floor of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) terminal was allegedly caused by power surge. It was gathered that the fire was quickly put out before serious damage was caused.
It was further gathered that the fire which started at the second floor of the terminal in the commercial department of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) left passengers, airport officials as well as those at the departure hall scampering for safety immediately after they sighted the smoke coming out from the top floor of the building.