Breaking: Fire outbreak rages at Ecobank head office

The corporate headquarters of Ecobank in Victoria Island, Lagos was on Tuesday morning engulfed by a fire outbreak.

According to an eyewitness, the fire outbreak started at about 8:30AM as a result of a diesel tanker offloading products close to the bank’s electricity power generator that was in operation.

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TheNewsGuru reports the fire started from the generator house of the facility located on 21 Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island.

The bank’s diesel tanker supplier was offloading diesel for the company when it caught fire ostensibly while the generating set was still on.

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“Officers of the Federal and Lagos State Fire Service are here. Everything is under control. We appreciate your concern,” the bank said.

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