There was a fire outbreak at the premises of Ikeja Airport Hotel in Lagos in the late hours of Thursday, April 9th, 2020, in which three vehicles were burnt down.

Reports reaching Flavision said that three vehicles were razed by the inferno, which did not reach the hotel building.

A Cadillac Escalade car with an unknown registration number, a Honda civic saloon car with number plate number AKR234LZ and a Toyota coaster bus with number plate number LND133XW were affected.

The Director General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, while confirming the incident, said in a briefing that a house within the hotel premises was also affected by the fire outbreak, but the fire had been extinguished.

He said,

We received multiple reports of a fire outbreak at Ikeja Airport Hotel along Obafemi Awolowo Way in Ikeja.

On arrival at the above scene, it was determined that three (3) vehicles had caught fire, one Toyota coaster bus (LND133XW), a Honda Civic saloon car (AKR234LZ) and a Cadillac Escalade car with unknown registration number.

The resultant fire affected the Tour Africa Transport Company within the airport hotel premises and not the hotel building itself.

The flames have since been extinguished by our responders and the Lagos State Fire Service and an investigation is being carried out to ascertain the cause of the fire.

We appeal for calm and will provide further updates.

Justin Nwosu

Justin Nwosu is the founder and publisher of Flavision. His core interest is in writing unbiased news about Nigeria in particular and Africa in general. He’s a strong adherent of investigative journalism, with a bent on exposing corruption, abuse of power and societal ills.