Photos: Triana Building in Apapa on fire

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 The popular Triana building on Commercial Rd in Apapa, Lagos was gutted by fire in early hours of this morning June 25th. The fire lasted for hours before firefighters could actually put it out...but not before an incredible million of naira worth of property was destroyed. See more photos after the break.

Ipaja Power Transmission Station Gutted By Fire

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A power transmission station based in Ipaja, a Lagos suburb, was gutted yesterday morning by fire which raged on for hours heightening fears of likely power outage in Ikeja and its environs.

Eyewitnesses said the cause of the fire which began around 11: am was unknown. The inferno consumed a massive transmission station belonging to Transisco Power Company.  “We don’t know the cause of the fire but it started shortly before the rains began. The fire was so massive that even the fire services were unable to bring it under control,” an eyewitness said.

It was also gathered that efforts of the Lagos State Fire Service (LSFC) at taming the fire was unsuccessful forcing the team to withdraw after 30 minutes. The heavy downpour also could not stop the inferno which eventually subsided around 3pm.

FCMB Gutted By Fire

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OSOGBO – OSOGBO branch of the First City Monument Bank, FCMB, was  in the early hours of yesterday gutted by fire and property worth millions of naira were destroyed. Although, the cause of the fire could not be ascertained, at press time, it was gathered that the fire started very early in the morning. It, however, took the intervention of men of the state Fire Service before the fire could be put off in the afternoon.

The incident caused panic among residents because the bank at Gbongan/Ibadan Road in Ogo-Oluwa area of Osogbo, is located behind a gas filling station,  and they fought to prevent the fire from spreading beyond the bank premises.