Lagos State police commissioner, Fatai Owoseni led some other police officers to the scene of the fire incident that engulfed the headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), on Tuesday morning.
The Lagos police boss was on hand to supervise maintenance of law and order.
Also earlier, fire service battle the early morning fire that engulfed the office near the Murtala Mohammed Airport.
The fire affected some offices including the Audit, Communications and Engineering Departments.
A source at the FAAN fire service told NAN that the incident, which occurred around 7a.m., was caused by an electrical fault.
Although there were no casualties, files and other equipment belonging to the authority were completely destroyed.
The incident caused heavy vehicular traffic around the airport and its environs.
As at the time of filing this report, fire-fighters from FAAN and the Lagos State Fire Service were still battling to put out the fire completely. (NAN)