Fire breaks out at Lagos Airport

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has moved flight operations from Terminal 1 of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) in Lagos to the D Wing, following a fire at the facility.

The site of the fire outbreak was the E54 Passenger Air Bridge in the airport’s domestic wing.

According to a press release issued by FAAN’s Head of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Obiageli Orah, the incident occurred at 5:29 a.m. on Thursday,

The statement however, said that the Airport Rescue and Firefighting Services (ARFFS) managed to put out the fire at 06:41 hrs. while working to ventilate the building from smoke.

“At 05:29 hrs, smoke was detected billowing from the E54 Bridge, leading electrical engineers to immediately cut off power to the entire E Wing. The Airport Rescue and Firefighting Services (ARFFS) team was quick to respond, arriving at the scene by 05:30 hrs. Initial suspicions point to sparks from an electrical unit as the cause, but a thorough investigation is ongoing to ascertain the cause of the fire.

“The incident, which had escalated into a fire, was brought under control by 06:41 hrs. Efforts to ventilate the smoke from the building are in progress. In the meantime, all flight operations in Terminal 1 of MMA have been diverted to the D Wing. More details will follow shortly,” Orah said.