WATCH THE VIDEO HERE The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Obiageli Orah, made this known in a statement on Thursday. Orah stated that the incident happened at 5:29 a.m. on Thursday, and flight operations out of Terminal 1 of the Airport have been diverted to the D Wing of the facility. She, however, said the Airport Rescue and Firefighting Services (ARFFS) brought the fire under control at 06:41 a.m. while efforts were in progress to ventilate the smoke from the building. “At 05:29 hrs, smoke was detected billowing from the E54 Bridge, leading electrical engineers to immediately cut off power to the entire E Wing. The Airport Rescue and Firefighting Services (ARFFS) team was quick to respond, arriving at the scene by 05:30 hrs. Initial suspicions point to sparks from an electrical unit as the cause, but a thorough investigation is ongoing to ascertain the cause of the fire. “The incident, which had escalated into a fire, was brought under control by 06:41 hrs. Efforts to ventilate the smoke from the building are in progress. In the meantime, all flight operations in Terminal 1 of MMA have been diverted to the D Wing. More details will follow shortly,” the statement reads,
© 2024 Naijaonpoint, a division of NOP Media Inc. A fire outbreak has occurred at the E54 Passenger Air Bridge at the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos State.