An unspecified number of persons yesterday escaped being trapped in the building as fire gutted AG Leventis, Iddo House, Iddo, in the Oyingbo area of Lagos State.
The fire outbreak occurred on the first floor of the seven-story commercial building.
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service’s quick intervention to douse by the fire saved the building from burning aground.
The building occupied by Nigeria Bottling Company PLC, reported the Fire at 10:22.a.m at the archive room of about 108 sq/m on the said floor was confined to its origin and successfully put out by the combined efforts of the Sari Iganmu and Ebute Elefun Fire Stations of the Agency.
While the cause of the Fire is being carried out, LSFRS said preliminary findings indicated traits of self-ignition of the confined archrival space as a result of rising room temperature.
Fortunately, there is no record of casualty in an operation that has since been completed.
