[Video] Fire Guts Ikeja Airport Hotel

Fire has gutted the Ikeja Airport Hotel, Lagos State in the late hours of Thursday.

The Ikeja Airport Hotel in Lagos State was gutted by fire on Thursday night.

Some footage of the incident posted on Twitter showed a raging fire burning inside the premises of the popular hotel.

The Director General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the incident in a statement said a building within the hotel premises was affected but that the fire had been put out.

Oke-Osanyintolu 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.”

Below is the video;

Airport Hotel, Ikeja on fire…. kindly retweet till it gets to the available fire fighting station. Thanks @DeleMomodu @davido @atiku @YulEdochie pic.twitter.com/AMQh6G5TxN

— Shodiya Hadassah (@Heir_Star) April 9, 2020