A fire outbreak don happun for di popular Kugbo Furniture Market along Abuja-Keffi Expressway. Di fire destroy several shops and goods wey worth millions of naira.
Di fire break out on Friday. Eyewitness account talk say e start after electrical spark. Di spark quickly spread through sections of di market, con consume furniture, equipment and other valuable goods.
Mrs Mary Aniekan, one eyewitness, recount how di incident happun. She say di fire start suddenly after dem notice electrical spark for di affected area. According to her, traders and other people around di market immediately raise alarm. Dem make frantic effort to put out di fire and salvage their belongings.
Aniekan talk say she dey her shop when dem see fire and people dey run to safety, while others dey try put out di fire but dem no fit. She add say di fire start when AEDC restore electricity. Firefighters come but their water finish and up till now dem never able to put out di fire.
Aniekan talk say di blaze spread rapidly. E destroy several shops and goods before firefighters and other emergency responders reach di scene.
Several traders dey seen trying to recover whatever dem fit from their shops. Others just watch helplessly as fire consume their businesses and properties.
No reported loss of life for di incident. But di fire cause extensive damage to property and leave several traders counting their losses.
Firefighters deploy to di market to battle di inferno. Dem do so to prevent am from spreading to adjoining shops and structures.
Di exact value of goods wey fire destroy never officially established. Relevant emergency authorities never still independently confirm wetin cause di fire. However, di eyewitness account link di outbreak to electrical spark.
Di incident cause panic among traders and residents for di area. Affected business owners dey call for urgent assistance to assess di damage and help dem recover from di losses.
