{"id":343084,"date":"2011-03-27T23:25:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T23:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/27\/fire-stops-city-people-awards\/"},"modified":"2011-03-27T23:25:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-27T23:25:00","slug":"fire-stops-city-people-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/27\/fire-stops-city-people-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire stops City People Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"86\">\n<p><span><span>THE 14th <em>City People Awards<\/em> ended abruptly yesterday, when the venue of the event, Balmoral Hall and Events Centre, Oregun, Lagos, went up in flames.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Five people were injured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Prominent Nigerians, including Senator Florence Ita-Giwa; wife of the late business mogul, Mrs Abba Folawiyo; Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment Dr Muiz Banire and Erelu Abiola Dosunmu; among others, ran for safety when the fire emerged from the catering corner near the stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The event began on a bright note as guests shone in various local and foreign black attires.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Stand up comedians and musicians entertained the guests before the presentation of the awards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Banire and Erelu Abiola were about presenting the award for <em>Best Run Bank of the Year<\/em> to Zenith Bank, when the fire began.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>People rushed towards the exits and there was a stampede at the main exit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Efforts by the waiters and some officials of <em>City People<\/em> magazine to put out the fire was unsuccessful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>By the time officials of Lagos State Fire Services arrived minutes later, the event centre had been completely razed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>An eye witness, Sam Adams, narrated how the fire started.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Adams said: &#8220;The cloth of a lady sitting near the caterer\u2019s corner caught fire. Immediately, her friends helped her to put out the fire with a table cloth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;They threw the table cloth away but the air blew it up and the upper part of the hall, which was made with canopies, caught fire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Then everybody started shouting Fire! Fire!! Fire!!!. I can\u2019t believe that little thing led to this great disaster. It was a horrible experience.&#8221; .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As at the time of filing this report, the publisher of <em>City People<\/em> magazine, Mr Seye Kehinde, could not be reached.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fbcb4a38thumbnail.php_15.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thenationonlineng.net\/web3\/news\/32058.html\" title=\"Fire stops City People Awards\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fire stops City People Awards<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> THE 14th City People Awards ended abruptly yesterday, when the venue of the event, Balmoral Hall and Events Centre, Oregun, Lagos, went up in flames. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-343084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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