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A statement has been released following the fire that burnt down the studio that puts together the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and MTN Project Fame west Africa show. The statement issued on Monday, August 23rd read:

In spite of the mysterious fire that ravaged Ultima Studios on Sunday August 22, 2010, the company has stated that their two currently running productions WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? and MTN PROJECT FAME WEST AFRICA season 3 would continue as scheduled.

A recording for WWTBAM had just ended, when crew members noticed a minor fire, late Sunday. But what started as a little ball soon turned into huge flames as extinguishers failed to contain the fire.

Staff and contestants who were housed in the Academy were promptly evacuated. There were no injuries nor lives lost. However, both the studios for WWTBAM and MTN Project Fame West Africa were badly hit and invaluable equipment lost to the inferno.

Ultima CEO, Femi Ayeni, told reporters on the site, Sunday, “alth, http://questionmarkmag.com/2010/08/ultima-studio-issues-statement-after-fire-incident-tell-how-the-fire-that-burnt-down-the-million-naira-studio-started/