A section of Christ Embassy Church, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos state, was razed by fire early yesterday morning destroying property worth millions of naira.
Part of the generator house of Christ Embassy Church gutted by fire in Lagos in 2014
It was gathered that the fire, which reportedly lasted for about two hours on Wednesday, August 12, affected four 40ft containers, reportedly being used as storage facilities by the church.
The fire, which started round 4am, was caused by a burning heap of refuse, which later engulfed the containers close to an uncompleted building on the church premises, The Punch reports.
According to an eyewitness, the fire which caused gridlock in the area, was put out by firefighters from the Alausa fire station, who were joined by some church workers.
Rasaq Fadipe, the Director, Lagos State Fire Service, confirmed the incident. He said: “We got the distress call at about 5am. We immediately deployed two fire trucks from the Alausa Station to attend to it. Four containers caught up in the fire contained electrical appliances, pumping machines and pieces of furniture.”
The director noted that no life was lost in the incident.
It was reported that in March 2014, a fire incident occurred in the church as a result of power surge from one of the church’s generating set which led to multiple explosion of the giant electricity generators used to power the church.
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