The fire incident, which occurred after workers resumed work on Friday, was caused by a spark from a circuit breaker on the ground floor.
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The management of LASUTH made the disclosure in a statement by Oluwaseyi Adewale, Head, Public Affairs Department.
This is contained in a statement issued by the Director of Press Relations, Eddy Megwa, on Friday in Abuja.
The fire, which cause was yet to be known as at press time, consumed a residential building and over seven shops.
This was revealed by the Director General of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, in a statement late on Thursday.
An afternoon fire on Tuesday razed offices at Gusau Local Government Secretariat in Zamfara State, but officials said no injuries were reported.
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has commiserated with the victims of the recent fire outbreak in a major market in Maiduguri, Borno.
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers has expressed sadness over the fire incident at the Fruits and Vegetables Market in Port Harcourt, declaring that his administration will assist the affected traders.
An early morning fire outbreak has destroyed 10 shops and goods worth over N20 million at a motor spare parts market at Jabiri area of Funtua, Katsina State.
The Fire outbreak that gutted Sokoto state office of the National Human Right Commission (NHRC) and destroyed document had paralysed activities of the commission in the state.
Dikko who addressed a news conference, following the fire incident said, her office, that of the legal and finance departments as well as the conference room were affected by the fire.
The statement explained that the Deputy Governor of the state, Prof. Hafiz Abubakar, had since visited the school and the hospital where the victims were receiving medical attention
“Only two out of the eight flats on the block survived the inferno after neighbours and men of the Nigeria Fire Service put out the fire,” one of the victims, a lady who declined to give her name, told NAN
A visit to the branch on Monday showed that activities were in full swing as customers were seen transacting their businesses, while staff of the bank attended to them
Thirty other persons are reported injured in the fire outbreak at a wedding in eastern Saudi Arabia