Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Fatai Owoseni, has redeployed about 100 policemen to the premises of the Nigerian Breweries Plc, Iganmu, Lagos where an early morning fire razed a part of the company’s premises on Sunday.

Owoseni said the deployment was meant to give adequate security cover to the company, saying the policemen were deployed to hold back some miscreants who wanted to take advantage of the situation to enter into the company’s premises.

According to him, there is a fire incidence at the Nigerian Breweries but the fire did not affect the operational areas of the company, saying it affected only the isolated areas where the company keeps empty bottles and cartons, as well as expired drinks.

Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Razak Fadipe, said the fire started at about 5.30 a.m, saying the Lagos State Fire Service immediately mobilised five fire engines to the company premises, with support from Julius Berger, the Nigerian Ports Authority, the United Bank for Africa and Union Bank.

Meanwhile, a section of the company’s fence bordering the Iganmu Interchange collapsed during the incident, as hundreds of miscreants invaded the area but police personnel from the Area ‘C’ Command, Surulere and nearby formations were able to contain the situation.

The actual cause of the fire could not be immediately ascertained as at the time of this report.