Fire‎ believed to have originated from a power surge has engulfed the second floor terminal of Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos but was put off quickly before major damagewas done.

It was gathered that the fire started at the second floor of the terminal in the commercial department of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).

Passengers and other airport users at the departure hall started running helter-skelter when they saw smoke wafting from the floor above in the building but it was quickly extinguished.

Normalcy is gradually restored as at press time.