At least about 50 shops, a building and goods worth over 50 million naira were burnt in Awka Timber/Building and Allied Market fire incident in Awka, Anambra, Nigeria.
The Properties were ranging from equipment, tools and finished products and valuable worth millions of Naira, destroyed in the fire incident that occurred at the at the early hour of yesterday.
Ashiwaju.org gathered that the fire, which started about 6.30pm,Wednesday, June 9th, at the popular
Timber/Building and Allied market, lasted for over four hours before residents and fire service crew came to put out the fire.
Shop owners reportedly scampered for safety of their wares as the fire wreaked havoc in the market, leaving over 34 shops burnt.
According to the traders of the market, electric spake, coal pot stove and fuel containers might have caused the inferno, whereby, the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
While inspecting the level of damage done by the fire incident, Ashiwaju.org sited the new member elect for Awka South 1 in the state house of assembly, Dr. Nnamdi Okafor, commiserating with the victims, assured to draw the attention of the state government to the seen with hope of ameliorating their sufferings.
