BREAKING: Zenith Bank Lagos Catches Fire

BREAKING: Zenith Bank Lagos Catches Fire

A fire incident broke out at one of the Zenith Bank PLC branches on Ajose Adeogun Street, Victoria Island, the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, has said on Wednesday.

The agency also stated that it put out a warehouse fire at 1, Olabisi Close, Mende – Maryland.

The agency revealed in a statement signed by its Director, Adeseye Margaret, shared on its Facebook page, that, “The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has attended to a Fire outbreak at one of the Zenith Bank PLC branches on Ajose Adeogun Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.

“On arrival at the scene which was reported at 07:25 hours, it was discovered that a room on the ground floor of a four storey building housing the alternative power source inverter panels and batteries was on flame and subsequently doused before it could spread and cause any meaningful damage.

“This was just as the agency, overnight put out a warehouse inferno at 1, Olabisi Close, Mende – Maryland, Lagos,” the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service added.

The agency continued: “The warehouse which measured about 2000 square feet. However, it spread to the fourth floor in an unusual pattern leaving the first to third floor unaffected.

“The building which housed both commercial and residential floors has the ground floor as commercial storage of clothing materials was engulfed in the ensuing fore with residential accommodation on the first to the fourth floors.

“Officers of the Federal Fire Service, the Nigerian Police, LASAMBUS and LASEMA all worked together in the Maryland Fire with investigation ongoing to unravel the cause of both fires.

“Meanwhile, there was no record of death or injury at both scenes of the incidents which were just two out of the 11 emergencies attended by the agency in the last 24 hours.”

Meanwhile, another statement was released by the bank’s branch, that the storage facility at Victoria Island was on fire on 3rd May 2023.

See statement about the fire below..