The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, has said that surge from Air-conditioning unit caused the fire that gutted Itire Branch of Access Bank and damaged properties.

Oke-Osanyintolu made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after putting out the fire, which lasted for few hours on Friday in Lagos.

According to him, all the emergency units have concluded operations that successfully quelled the fire outbreak that gutted the Itire-Lawanson branch of Access Bank on Friday.

“The fire incident, which did not cause any loss of lives, or injuries, stated in the afternoon when the storey building belonging to Access bank was engulfed by fire”.

“The preliminary report on the fire outbreak at Access bank 58, Lawanson Road, Itire, proved that the fire happened due to power surge”.

“Upon arrival at the scene of the incident, it was discovered that a storey building belonging to Access bank was gutted by fire as a result of power surge from the air condition unit inside the banking hall.

“The fire was extinguished as a result of the swift response of the LASEMA Response Team (LRT) , LASG Fire Service, Federal Fire Service, Rapid Response Squad of the Nigerian Police Force and LNSC to the scene of incident, “he said. (NAN).