Sam Mbakwe Airport Owerri Gutted By Fire Today (See Photo)

Many Passengers at the Sam Mbakwe Cargo Airport, Owerri who were billed to travel to their various destinations today scampered for their lives following afternoon fire outbreak at the Airport which reportedly started at about 5 pm.

The incident forced many airline operators to either delay or cancel their flights outright. A source at the airport confided to Daily Times that Arik line delayed their flight to Abuja for an hour 30 minutes while Aero Cancelled its 5.35pm flight out rightly.

The cause of the fire outbreak at the airport runway was not immediately known but one of the contracting staff at the airport said that it (the fire) started from a nearby bush before spreading to the runway. The quick intervention of the Federal Airport Authority Fire Service put off the fire to avoid it spreading to other places.No staff of the FAAN management was ready to speak on the incident