The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has officially informed the public of a fire outbreak at Terminal one of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
The announcement was made via the authority’s official X handle on Monday.
FAAN said the firefighting team of the authority was at the moment of filing this report, responding and working to contain the situation and no loss of life had been recorded.
The authority said that further updates would be provided as more information became available.
There was heavy smoke and rowdiness at the terminal earlier in the day – Monday.
Emergency response operations were ongoing at the time as FAAN firefighting teams continued efforts to fully contain and curtail the fire, while the orderly evacuation of passengers and airport personnel were being done.
FAAN has said that to strengthen response efforts, the authority had activated mutual aid arrangements and called for reinforcements from the Lagos State Government, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, and other relevant emergency agencies.
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