There was an outbreak of fire on Wednesday at a branch of Access Bank Plc located at Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Acvirding to preliminary reports by witnesses innandxaround the premises when the outbreak happened, the fire was caused by a diesel truck discharging fuel at the bank.
The bank confirmed the report via its official Twitter page-@myaccessbank
Access bank said that no life was lost in the incident.
Read the bank’s tweeted statement: “There has been a fire incident at our Adetokunbo Ademola branch this morning. Thankfully, no one was harmed.
“Our fire protocol has been activated and all personnel have been moved to safety.
“Cause of the fire was a diesel truck discharging fuel,” it tweeted advising its customers to avoid the branch and make use of nearby branches for their transactions or its digital banking channels.
As of the time of filing this report, the fire had yet to be put out but men of the Federal Fire Service were already at the scene to put save the property.
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