Fire Guts Radio Nigeria Station Ikoyi, Lagos

Property and communication gadgets worth millions of Naira were  destroyed yesterday  by  fire  that gutted Radio Nigeria station on Plot No. 35, Ikoyi Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.

The Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, confirmed the incident in a statement last night. Although the   Fire Service said that the cause of the fire was yet unknown,  the agency was alerted at  about 5.30 p.m.

Adeseye said  after getting the alert,  the agency   had firefighters from Dolphin, Ebute Elefun Fire Stations as first responders who met the fire well-alight due to the substances involved in the material composition of the studio section.

She said: “The Agency which was alerted at about 17:30 hours had Firefighters from Dolphin, Ebute Elefun and Oba Onitolo   Fire Stations as first responders who met the fire well-alight due to the substances involved in the material composition of the studio section.

“The public is however assured that the collaborative efforts with the Federal Fire Service and other Emergency Responders including the Nigerian Police has put the situation under control and confined it to the studio section of the U-shape one storey building where it emanated.

“While the cause of the Fire is yet unknown with no report of any casualty, damping down of the Fire embers continue. Update to follows as situation demands,” she added.