DailyPost has received reports that there has been a fire outbreak in Mr. Price, one of the many malls inside the Ikeja City Mall in Lagos.
The cause of the inferno was not immediately ascertained, but the fire started at about 11am and caused panic among shoppers. Sources say that the Lagos State Fire Service, which has one of their offices situated behind the mall, responded promptly and the fire is being dealt with.
Mr. Price – where shoppers purchase clothes and other body wears – is located close to Entrance 1 of the mall.
The entire mall had been evacuated as at the time of filing in this report.
More detail soon....
Source: Daily Post
UPDATE: Press Release On Ikeja City Mall Fire
Press statement sent to me by the management of the Ikeja City Mall about the fire incident at the mall this morning. See it below...
The management of the Ikeja City Mall is very grateful to the great people of Lagos State and the emergency services that responded to the fire incident that occurred this morning (15 January 2013) at about 11:15 in one of the stores, Mr. Price.
The fire, according to Mr. Steve Idornigie the Operations Manager of the ICM, Mr. Price store manager reported the incident to him and emergency staff responded immediately.
On what caused the fire, Mr. Steve said from preliminary investigations, it seems the fire emanated from an electric power point. However investigations, he said, are ongoing to ascertain the cause of the fire.
“The process of evacuation was swift,” he said. “The customers conducted themselves in an orderly fashion and allowed the emergency services people to do their work.”
“In terms of damage, no goods were lost neither was anyone injured. However some clothes got wet as a result of the water from the men of the Federal Fire Service. We would like to thank them for their professionalism and valiance, along with the men of Lagos State Emergency Service, National Emergency Agency, the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency and the Civil Defense.”
Mr. Idornigie assured the customers and tenants that Ikeja City Mall would be reopened for business at 3pm today.
“In terms of damage, no goods were lost neither was anyone injured. However some clothes got wet as a result of the water from the men of the Federal Fire Service. We would like to thank them for their professionalism and valiance, along with the men of Lagos State Emergency Service, National Emergency Agency, the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency and the Civil Defense.”
Mr. Idornigie assured the customers and tenants that Ikeja City Mall would be reopened for business at 3pm today.
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