A fire incident disrupted flights at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, on Thursday morning.
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), in a statement on Thursday, said smoke was detected emanating from the E54 bridge at 05:29 hrs.
FAAN’s director of public affairs and consumer protection, Obiageli Orah, said the airport engineers immediately responded by cutting power to the E-Wing section of the airport.
“The Airport Rescue and Firefighting Services (ARFFS) team was quick to respond, arriving at the scene by 05:30 hrs,” Orah said.
“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 FAAN official said the incident, which had escalated into a fire, was brought under control by 06:41 hrs and efforts to ventilate the smoke from the building are in progress.
FAAN stated that in the meantime, all flight operations in Terminal 1 of MMA have been diverted to the D Wing.
