Goods Worth Millions of Naira Destroyed as Fire Razes Abuja Building Materials Market
Firefighters stopped the blaze from spreading, but one shop and a packing store were destroyed, officials said.
- A fire destroyed shops and goods worth millions of naira at Eda Plaza, a building materials market in Jabi, Abuja, on Sunday, with the Nigerian Television Authority capturing shop owners racing to salvage goods.
- An eyewitness told NTA that the alarm was raised at 3:00 am after his brother-in-law received a distress call from a colleague at the market, with roofing materials valued at over N20 million destroyed.
- Upon arriving at the scene, the witness observed the fire had spread extensively through Eda Plaza; unfortunately, only one of the two shops was saved, though no casualties were reported.
- The Federal Capital Territory Fire Service is yet to react to the incident at the time of reporting, leaving questions about the official response to the Sunday blaze.
- In a separate incident, a fire outbreak on Saturday night destroyed spare parts at Araromi market in Onipasan, Ibadan, Oyo State, though no lives were lost in that blaze.
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