Fire engulfs unity bank building

The Head Office of Unity Bank Plc on Victoria Island, Lagos, has been gutted by fire in the early hours of Monday morning.

There were several videos posted on social media by witnesses of the incident that showed part of the building being razed by fire up to the third floor.

The management of the Bank took to its twitter handle to report that, the men of the fire service came to the scene to put out the inferno while it was ragging in early hours of story.

According to the bank, there was no casualty or loss of lives in the fire and observations as of 8:48 am showed that it did not affect the banking hall or “other strategic business areas”.

As at this morning, the cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained.