Access Bank Guts Fire in Lagos on Wednesday

Access Bank branch at Adetokunbo Ademola Street was on Wednesday engulfed in fire.

According to people at the scene, the fire started from a diesel-laden truck and a car on the bank’s premises.

The 33,0000 litres diesel-laden truck was said to be offloading when the generator of the lender caught fire in the process.

While emergency service was able to put off the fire, the diesel truck and the car had been completely razed by the fire.

Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the General Manager, LASEMA, said, “On arrival at the incident scene, it was observed that a fully loaded 33,000 litres diesel tanker with number plate AKD 637 XP and a car stationed beside it with number plate AKD 234 FA were completely ravaged by the fire.”