Tragedy struck in Lagos State on Wednesday when fire gutted two new generation bank buildings on Ademola Adetokunbo Street in Victoria Island.
The cause of the incident is yet to be ascertained.
Unconfirmed reports say a fuel tanker laden with presumably diesel was at the premises of one of the banks to discharge its product.
But speaking to Channels Television via the telephone, the Director-General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Femi Osanyitolu confirmed that a fuel tanker laden with diesel was at the premises of one of the banks discharging its content.
In the process, the pumping machine exploded igniting a massive fire, which soon spread to a neighbouring new generation bank’s building.
Meanwhile, a combined team of emergency services and firefighters arrived on the scene to battle the blaze and prevent it from spreading to other buildings in the area
No lives were lost in the incident
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