The management of the Nigerian Ports Authority NPA has given vivid details of how it averted what would have been a major fire disaster that would have destroyed its headquarters building located on Marina, Lagos.

This is coming less than two years after fire gutted some sections of the six-storey building, believed to have been caused by some hoodlums at the wake of the #End SARS protests, which took place across major towns and cities of the country, especially Lagos.

According to a statement signed by the General Manager Corporate and Strategic Communications, Olaseni Alakija, the incident, suspected to have been triggered by an electrical surge started in the early hours of Wednesday 22nd September, 2021 and affected three offices on the 6th floor of the Broad Street wing of the edifice.

He disclosed that operatives of the NPA Fire Service Department, who were on ground, immediately mobilised to the scene and promptly contained the fire.

“In line with safety protocols, the affected floor has since been cordoned off and investigations are ongoing to ascertain the actual cause of the fire”, the statement said.

It was further gathered that the fire affected one other office where two desk top computers, tables, chairs and other furniture were destroyed while two other adjoining offices were affected by the smoke and soot.

The statement reads in part: “The management of the authority appreciates the prompt response and professionalism of the Fire Service and security departments and wishes to assure all stakeholders and the general public that no sensitive documents were lost and normalcy has been restored and that our operations have not been disrupted in anyway”.