How strange fire gutted Onitsha main market
By Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia
Mystery fire, Tuesday morning, razed a section of the popular Onitsha Main Market.
The fire completely burnt down two-storey building housing the Onitsha main market Police Station and shops selling lace fabrics.
Firefighters battled for hours to contain the inferno as some of the traders salvaged their goods while others watched in tears as the fire consumed their shops.
Spokesman of Anambra Command of the Police, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said firefighters and policemen were on ground to control the fire and prevent looting.
Efforts to get the reaction of the Director, of Anambra Fire Service, Mr Martin Agbili, were unsuccessful as he neither answered calls nor replied to the text messages sent to his cell phone.
The cause of the inferno is yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report.
Ikengaonline had reported that fire razed down a spare part market dominated by Igbo in Lagos two days after the presidential election.
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