NewsNigeriaFire Reduces 30 Shops To Ashes In Lafia, Nasarawa State

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A night inferno has razed down 30 shops to ashes and destroyed goods worth millions of naira at a tailoring section of the New Modern Market in Lafia, Nasarawa State.

Firefighters from the Nasarawa State Fire Service faced challenges in controlling the blaze due to heaps of refuse within and around the market.

One of the victims, Musa Abdullahi lamented that he lost 40 new sewing machines in the inferno.

“The fire outbreak began at about 9:30 pm, and nobody could figure out the remote cause of the incident.

“The shops that were gutted by fire were built with wood. The nature of the wood that was used in building the shops was why the inferno escalated to other shops in the market.

“About 70 percent of the shops that gutted fire are the ones with the 40 new sewing machines that were brought on Thursday morning, including the three shops of my father.

“And the remaining shops that were involved in the fire incident are shoes and clothes shops, respectively,” Abdullahi said.

Abdullahi lamented that if the firefighters had come to the scene of the incident on time, the inferno would have been brought under control, noting that their coming was of no use to the people of the market.

Builder Ombogus-Joshua, Director of the Nasarawa State Fire Service who confirmed the incident, pointed out that indiscriminate refuse dumping in the market significantly impeded the firefighting operation.

“The inferno began at about 9:30 pm on Thursday and continued till the following morning of Friday, leaving properties worth millions of naira destroyed at the Lafia modern market,” Ombogus-Joshua said.

The Director, while promising enhanced response readiness from the fire service, urged traders and residents to prioritize cleanliness and safety to prevent future disasters.

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)

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