A fire broke out on Monday night at the United Bank for Africa (UBA) House in Marina, Lagos, razing a section of the 20-storey building.
Multiple videos circulating on social media captured the dramatic scene, showing flames consuming part of the structure while passers-by raised alarms and called for emergency rescue operations.
Some minutes later, firefighters arrived at the scene to put out the fire.
Confirming the incident, Shakiru Amodu, head of public education of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, told TheCable that the inferno was quickly curtailed.
“Nothing serious, more like a fire scare as it was curtailed in good time. Just the inverter battery section,” Amodu said.
In September 2025, fire engulfed Afriland Towers on Broad Street in Lagos Island, a multiple storey building that houses offices of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and United Capital Plc (UCAP), a branch of UBA, and other financial institutions.
Four staff members of FIRS and six employees of United Capital died during the fire incident.
The fire was said to have started in the inverter room located in the basement of the storey building.
(TheCable)
