Popular 10-storey Mandilas Building, located on Broad Street, Lagos Island, was yesterday gutted by fire with properties worth several millions of naira destroyed.
According to an eyewitness, the incident occurred at about 1:15p.m., when traders were not open for business.
Margaret Adeseye, Di¬rector of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, who confirmed the incident, said that there was no re¬cord of any casualties in the incident.
The fire, it was gathered, started from a warehouse on the first floor of the building before spreading to other floors.
Men of the state Fire and Rescue Service, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Police, and other emergency re¬sponders raced to the scene to put out the raging fire.
As at press time, the cause of the inferno was yet to be ascertained as rescue operations were on¬going.
Affected traders, who later stormed the scene, were seen salvaging some of their wares and other valuable items possible.
