There was confusion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Wednesday afternoon after a fire incident that resulted in a heavy smoke engulfed the E-Arrival Wing of the terminal, forcing travellers to scamper for safety. It was learnt that the incident disrupted flight activities and triggered panic among passengers as they hurriedly ran out of the international terminal.
Fire fighters and aviation security officials were immediately deployed to the wing where the incident occurred, as hundreds of passengers and airport workers all gathered outside the terminal waiting anxiously for the situation to be addressed. Although the cause of the fire and smoke could not be ascertained up till the time of filing this report, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria stated that it was quickly traced to some offices at the E-Wing on the ground floor of the terminal by a combined team of FAAN's electrical engineers and fire officers. It was also gathered that the situation was however controlled by the airport authority and passengers were encouraged to move in back into the terminal to be cleared for their flights.
