Great Nigeria Insurance House located at 47-57 Martins Street, Lagos Island, Lagos State is presently on fire.
The people woke up this morning to see the fire coming out from one of the offices in the building.
AdlekChills Blog (now Famzn) was an eyewitness.
It was gathered that the fire started at about 6 am and till the time of writing this report, the fire was still on. That is, the fire has been on for more than 10 hours now.
It was also gathered by AdlekChills (Famzn) that the fire started from one of the offices of the first floor but as at 10 am we could see that the fire has spread to the third floor.
Although, firemen were there, they couldn't put out the fire as water kept finishing and they had to relax for close to 20 minutes at intervals.
The firemen seemed too afraid to move closer to the building as they kept passing water from their vehicles through the window but the water didn't go beyond the window panes.
Some courageous Nigerians, however, got into the ground floor of the building and started pouring water. One even fainted and was rushed to the hospital by one of the rescue teams on ground.
Many shops around the area were closed as armed policemen drove people away from the scene.
The cause of the fire is still unknown.
