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LASEMA Launches Investigation Into Cause Of Airport Hotel Fire
Tobi Adebayo
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has released a preliminary report on the fire outbreak at the Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja.
An24.net reported earlier that some vehicles in the hotel premises were razed by fire on Thursday evening.
In a statement signed by the agency’s Director-General, Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, LASEMA confirmed that the fire had been extinguished by its responders and the state’s Fire Service.
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“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.
“An investigation is being carried out to ascertain the cause of the fire. We appeal for calm and will provide further updates.”