The reconstructed D wing section of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport located in Ikeja Lagos was yesterday razed by fire said to have been caused by electrical spark from a welding machine used by workers at the site? of the terminal.
Eye witness told our Correspondent that the fire was ignited when one of the workers on site? used synthetic foam to put out the raging flame, thereby causing the fire to spread a few metres from the point where it started.
The fire outbreak which spread rapidly around the terminal complex left scores of airport workers and passengers gripped with anxiety.
Confirming the incident, the General Manager, Corporate Communications of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Yakubu Dati said, ”There was a minor fire incident at a construction site beside the ‘D’ wing extension of the MMIA about 11:30am, today, December 20, 2012.