Some Staff Trapped as FreshYo Yogurt Office in Lagos Goes Up in Smoke (Photos)

A fire has broken out at the office of Ranona Nigeria Limited, the makers of FreshYo yoghurt in the Isolo area of Lagos State.

Photos making rounds on social media has revealed that the office of Ranona Nigeria Limited, makers of FreshYo yoghurt, in the Isolo area of Lagos State, is currently engulfed on fire as some staff of the company are still reportedly trapped in the building.

According to an eyewitness who disclosed to a correspondent, "The source of the fire is still unknown. There are policemen and a few fire vans around but the building is still burning. The workers said that they all ran out after an alarm was raised," the witness said.

Ranona’s factory, which was completed in 2010, is worth N7.5 billion and covers 20,000sqm of prime land in Isolo. As at 2011, the company had 220 staff in its employ.

Ranona is a franchisee to Candia, a milk products manufacturer in France, and also produces Natures Fresh Fruit Juice, YoJus, Blue Boat cereal, Blue Boat Milk and Blue Boat oats among others.