September 22, (THEWILL) – One of the offices on the sixth floor of the Broad Street wing at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) headquarters in Lagos, has been gutted by fire..
No life was lost in the incident, which occurred on Wednesday. However, office furniture and other items in the affected office are in cinders.
This was disclosed in a statement released by the NPA General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, Olaseni Alakija.
He said the fire service department ensured the inferno was put under control.
“In line with safety protocols, the affected floor has since been cordoned off and investigations are ongoing to ascertain the actual cause of the fire.
“The fire affected one office where two desktops, tables, chairs and other furniture were lost. Two other adjoining offices were affected by smoke and soot.
“The Management of the Authority appreciates the prompt response and professionalism of the Authority’s Fire service and security departments and wishes to assure all stakeholders and the general public that no sensitive documents were lost and normalcy has been restored and that our operations have not been disrupted in any way,” the statement read.
