Equipment at Terminal C, Tincan Island Port, Lagos, managed by the Ports & Cargo Handling Service, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group on Thursday, went up in flames.

The PUNCH gathered that a mobile crane close to the ship at berth got burnt.

It was also gathered that the timely intervention of dockworkers at the terminal saved other equipment from further damage.

Our correspondent also gathered that the fire incident happened around 11 am on Thursday.

The source said, “The dockworkers who were on duty on Thursday morning spent close to three hours to assist personnel from the fire service to combat the inferno”

One of the sources said, “The foreign crew also contributed to putting off the inferno of the mobile crane.”

It was confirmed that no life was lost to the inferno but there were indications that some properties were destroyed.

Reacting to the development, the Group Head, of Corporate Communications, SIFAX Group, Muyiwa Akande, in a chat with our correspondent on Thursday night, denied any vessel catching fire at the terminal.

He said it was the shore crane belonging to the company that caught fire.

"No vessel caught fire. It was one of our equipment, a shore crane that went up in flames."

He, however, didn't give details of the cause of the inferno.

Muyiwa said, “No vessel caught fire, operations are going on fine at our terminal now. You can come around and take a look at the vessel, it is fine and we are working well. This is an international business. If any vessel has caught fire, I am sure the international media would even be aware by now.

"Even the Nigerian Ports Authority and other agencies would be on the ground at the terminal by now; operations are going on well at our terminal as we speak. Because we have a vessel at berth to discharge. This is an open business and we cannot hide information from the media our friends,” Muyiwa said.

Source: https://twitter.com/MobilePunch/status/1682342171850964992


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Renewed Hope.

I feel so sorry for the loss

Nawa oo. This is unfortunate.

What a waste

May Fire Guts Equipment At Tincan Island Port, Lagos (Photos favor me and my family

Glad it was controlled.

I hope they won't say they are chasing people again

Nigerian Government Officials lies too much. What a country

Oooooppss. Sorry.

Shege Pro Max....

Real sad tale..

I just hope they are able to salvage some of affected items in real time.


More safety precautions needs to be applied in such places.

why would it not burn when you refused to open other functional ports across Nigeria, at least to decongest

So no Operational fire service trucks in the lagos Thieffnubu built?😁

"I built lagos" na for mouth

Tinibu's lagos

What happen to the truth, he should have just say the truth and stop dizzy around.

Hmmm

Rubbish. Lekki concession sea port conspiracy.

Glad no life was lost

Zupay:
Glad it was controlled.

Maliqcious:
Rubbish. Lekki concession sea port conspiracy.

I swear you grab

The 🔥 must be out of sabotage by a particular ethnic group to see that the Lekki Sea Port takes prominence.
We know their antics.

I blame thiefnvbu for it

The purpose of making an incident public is for learning in order to prevent future reoccurence. But incident news in this part of the world is for trend.

What caused the fire?

Okay.

Everything about this Lagos is just wayward, too many things happen in this one state, from cultism to flooding to building collapse to road accidents to building catching fire to armed robbery to kidnapping and ritual killings, no wonder why it's considered the 4th worst city in the world.