There was a fire outbreak at the departures hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Thursday, October 23, 2014, which got people present at the airport scampering for safety having the insecurity in the country at the back of their minds.
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has disclosed that the outbreak emanated from electrical fault and was put out almost immediately with the help of some fire fighters who did the job with extinguishers.
According to reports, preliminary investigation, revealed that the incident was caused by a short circuit at the panel room which was arrested by the engineers on duty.
FAAN’s General Manager, Corporate Communications, Yakubu Dati, said it was a “minor smoke incident.”
He further added, “The smoke was quickly traced to the electric panel room on the second floor of the terminal by a combined team of FAAN’s electrical engineers and fire officers.”
“The Authority wishes to assure the travelling public and other airport users that there was no immediate danger to anyone as a result of the incident neither did it affect flight operations at the terminal,” Mr. Dati said.
“The Authority has directed the Directorate of Engineering and Maintenance to commence immediate investigation into the immediate and remote causes of the said short-circuiting of the cables.”
