UBA Plaza a five storey building
on Bread Fruit Street, Lagos started burning around 5:00pm according to those
present at the scene.
Eye
witness present at the scene said the fire started shortly before 5:00 p.m.,
the fire started on the fourth floor and then moved to the fifth floor.
As of 08:20 p.m. on Saturday,
firemen from the Lagos State Fire Service and other relevant agencies, were
still battling the fire according to report gathered.
A
senior official from the Lagos State Fire Service in charge of rescue
operation, said the arrangements products inside the warehouses was too compact
for water to get through which gave rise to the unsuccessful penetration of
water into the core part where the fire started from.
The
banking hall on the third floor might have not been affected, as well as many
offices on the second floor.
In
order to secure properties worth millions of naira to be looted by miscreants
in the Breadfruit area police and officials of other security agencies quickly
swung to action to protect these wares.
