According to reports coming from Xinhua and punchng, a huge fire engulfed a commercial building in Lagos this morning, causing serious damage to the 22-storey high-rise tower on the Lagos Island broad-martins street.
There was nobody in the building because the fire started before work hours, according to reports.
Many of the traders were seen scrambling to salvage their goods from the burning building, as the blaze brought to a standstill commercial activities in the ever busy Balogun area of Lagos Island.
The Great Nigeria House, acclaimed as the fifth tallest building in Nigeria, accommodates Mainstreet Bank and served as warehouses to some traders.
Kazzem Alabi, a businessman, told Xinhua that the fire started at about 6 a.m. local time and was first noticed on the first floor. By 10:30 a.m., the fire had taken over the first four floors.
The cause of the fire could not be ascertained yet, but that traders had been told to vacate the neighboring buildings.
Firemen were still battling to contain the fire, prevented it from spreading to other floors and shopping plazas around the skyscraper.
UPDATE:
Not less than 12 trucks of water have been expended on the raging inferno which has devoured the first two blocks of the 20 storey building. The fire has extended to the third building, and fire fighters are already exhausted.
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