The 4-storey building accommodating Art faculty, Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), gutted by fire around 10:00 am on Saturday September 28, 2013 and before officials of the Lagos State Fire Service could put out the fire, the first floor of the building has been burnt as valuables worth millions of naira were lost in the inferno.
 
It was not clear what led to the fire, but unconfirmed source says it may be as a result of excessive heat emanating from the stored materials on the ground floor of the building.

The school’s in-house fire service was said to have begun the process of putting out the fire, when it was beyond them, they called the fire service around 10:38 am after the monthly environmental sanitation exercise.


Part of the building was broken to gain access to the fire, which was able to be put off in 50 minutes.