Fire guts section of Unity Bank’s head office
23 September 2019 |
10:27 am
Unity Bank has said a fire incident occurred at his head office in Lagos on Monday morning. The bank said only a floor at the head office was affected by the incident. "We regret to inform the public that there was a fire incident on one of the floors of our Head Office building early this…
Unity Bank has said a fire incident occurred at his head office in Lagos on Monday morning.
The bank said only a floor at the head office was affected by the incident.
“We regret to inform the public that there was a fire incident on one of the floors of our Head Office building early this morning,” the bank said in a tweet.
While the cause of the incident was yet to the identified, the bank said the fire service intervened and brought the situation under control.
The bank, however, said there was no life lost or casualty in the incident. It is also yet ascertained the extent of damage caused by the fire.
It disclosed that the banking hall and other strategic business areas were not affected.
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