Pandemonium has broken out in the early hours of Wednesday, as fire gutted the West Africa Examination Council, WAEC building in Yaba area of Lagos State.
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According to reports, several people are still trapped in the building as the fire rages.
Some workers, who resumed at WAEC as early as 7:00 am were said to have been in their respective offices before the fire started.
The cause of the fire which started at about 6.50 am, was yet to be ascertained as of 7.15 am but some officials attributed it to an electrical surge.
The fire had broken out in the middle of the high-rise building and those trapped in the building were seen frantically calling for help.
Some of the workers, it was learnt, were injured in the process of escaping from the building.
It was gathered that men of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service and other emergency responders are presently at the scene to put out the raging fire.
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