A fire incident that occurred, on Thursday, gutted a seven-storey commercial building belonging to AG Leventis, Iddo House, Iddo, via Oyingbo, Lagos.
Property worth millions of naira were destroyed in the incident.
Witness reports said that the fire started about 11 a.m. and affected the archive room on the first floor, measuring approximately 108 square meters.
The building is occupied by Nigeria Bottling Company PLC.
While investigations are ongoing, preliminary findings suggest that the fire was caused by self-ignition due to rising temperatures in the confined archival space.
The Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, confirmed the incident.
He said there were no casualties, but that valuable property worth millions of naira were lost.
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