No fewer than 150 shops have been gutted by fire at the popular “Yan Katako” market in Sabon Gari, Zaria area of Kaduna State.
It was gathered that the fire started around 1am on Wednesday and extended till the afternoon.
Confirming the incident, the Chief Security Officer of the market, Hamisu Buhari, explained that the fire began when an electric pole fell on the roof of one of the shops.
He said that efforts to attract fire service agencies within the area were unsuccessful.
He said, “I finally contacted the fire service at the Sabon Gari Main Market. They asked me to provide fuel for them, which I did before they could come to the scene.”
The chairman of Timber dealers in the market, Alhaji Alin Ashiru said the inferno was as a result of an electric spark.
He said that the affected shops were burnt to ashes, with property worth millions of naira destroyed.
Credit: Vanguard
