Popular Nigerian fashion designer, Mai Atafo suffered a major setback today as his Lagos office was gutted by fire.
According to the designer, the fire was caused by a faulty air conditioner. The fire burnt down properties worth millions of Naira in the office.
He revealed, that though it is a major setback as they lost most of their production, he is moving on.
“It was finally discovered that it was the electrical point (socket) of the air conditioner that must have started the fire and the only person in the building ran past the fire extinguisher for dear life (can’t blame the guy) We lost a production room several ironing tables, industrial irons, sewing machines etc. Luckily the windows were all shut so the fire couldn’t last so long but the heat was really powerful and proceeded to do the final damage melting everything else.
“Where the fire and heat ended soot took over, let’s just say the fashion trend for the night was all beautiful with tint of soot.