FIRE OUTBREAK AT IKOYI CLUB 1938

Ikoyi Club is one of the most prestigious social and recreational club in Lagos and Nigeria, and it boasts of some of the cream and the very well to do of the society, with membership fees running into millions from what we hear, a part of the club, precisely around the tennis courts and near the squash courts was engulfed by fire last night, the fire outbreak was said to have started at about some minutes after 9PM, but for the prompt response of the fire service from Awolowo road, Ikoyi and from other spots one does not know, how far the fire could have gone, as at lastnite we could not ascertain for a fact the extent of the damage caused by the inferno, but we would bring the full scale reports to you as it is unveiled. The fear at first, was the need to quickly curb the fire as fast as possible as not too far from the place, is the NNPC Mega Petrol Station and it would have been a major disaster if the fire was not stopped on time.

This would be the 2nd time a fire disaster would be occurring not too far from the petrol station, several years ago, fire had engulfed the Multi-storey NNPC building just a stone throw from the station, it was only until recently that, that particular building was refurbished.