There was a fire outbreak on Tuesday at the United Bank for Africa, UBA, branch on Lagos Island.

Details surrounding the cause of the fire are still sketchy but in a video trending on social media, some of the bank’s staff were seen attempting to jump down from the storey building.

The workers were captured in the video trying to escape through the windows.

At the time of this report, emergency responders have yet to make official statements on the incident.

But UGAMATV learned that efforts to contain the situation where ongoing.