Fire Destroys Super Sports Studio

Property belonging to Super Sports Television and other multinationals worth billions of naira were on Saturday destroyed by fire in Lagos

Eyewitnesses told Tidesports that the fire started at about 3.00pm in one of the studios and spread to three other studios owned by Multichoice and DSTV where they record super sports, Tinsel and Java TV drama series.

Mr Felix Awogu, the General Manager of Super Sports, told Tidesports that some of their workers were in the studio preparing to transmit live matches from Europe to some parts of Africa when the fire started.

“The fire incident would affect production of super sports to some African countries. We thank God that no life was lost. We appreciate the timely presence of the fire service from Lagos State.

“Four studios were affected. All equipment in those studios were all gone. It is most unfortunate, but nothing anybody could do about it. Thank God no life was lost,” Awogu said.

A Director with Phillips Company, the owner of the building, Mr Biodun Dickson, also said that facilities destroyed by the fire would cost millions of dollars, stressing that about 1,000 jobs would be affected by the incident.

On his part, the Director of Lagos State Fire Service, Mr Rasak Fadipe, said that they got information about the fire at about 3.05pm, stressing that he immediately sent some men to the scene with tanker.