…The cause of the fire is as a result of electrical upsurge from a Cosmetics store
Sources in Onitsha main market; the biggest market in West Africa have said that fire is currently raging in a section of the market.
A trader in the market, Mr Obi Barth Ifediora confirmed the incident to ANN, saying that so far, two block of shops have been gutted by the fire. The fire is said to be particularly in a section of the market known as Kano Street.
It was gathered that the fire started at around 11am on Monday, and has defied attempts by men of the Anambra State fire service to extinguish it.
The Chief fire fighter in Anambra State confirmed the incident to ANN, saying that he promptly deployed his men to the area when he was alerted.
He said: “The fire started around 1am, and I quickly deployed my men there. So far, they have gone to refill the fire trucks with water twice, and our men have gone to refill a third time.”
PPRO Anambra state, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu who confirmed the incident to ANN said “The situation is under control on the fire outbreak that occur in the early hours of today. No lost of life though good worth millions of naira has been affected. Preliminary information shows that the cause of the fire is as a result of electrical upsurge from a Cosmetics store in the story building. Our personnel are still there monitoring.
“The Command want to use the opportunity to advise members of the public to always turn off their appliances before leaving the house and offices’.
