Firefighters from Dolphin and Ebute Elefun stations made frantic efforts to put off a blaze within the studio section of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) located in the Ikoyi area of Lagos on Wednesday evening .
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service was notified of the fire at approximately 5:30 pm and were at the scene last night even as the cause of the fire remained unknown.
“The public is, however, assured that the collaborative efforts with the Federal Fire Service and other emergency responders, including the Nigerian Police, have put the situation under control and confined it to the studio section of the U-shaped, one-storey building where it emanated,” a post by the agency on X reads.
“While the cause of the fire is yet unknown, with no report of any casualty, damping down of the fire embers continues. Update to follow as situation demands,” the statement added.