Fire razes Lagos hotel, destroy properties

On Wednesday evening, a fire broke out at the Ibis Royal Hotel near Ajao Estate along the Airport Road in Lagos State.

Social media videos revealed what seemed to be a two-story building consumed by ferocious flames.

In a post on X, Jubril Gawat, the Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Lagos State Governor Babjide Sanwo-Olu, revealed that the incident was reported at 4:50 p.m.

Gawat added that the Isolo and Bolade Fire Crews of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service curtailed the fire to prevent substantial damage.

“Operations concluded without injury nor death recorded. Well Done to our Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service,” he said.