On Tuesday, goods worth over N50 million were gutted by fire
while three people were injured at the popular Electronics International Market
Onitsha in Anambra State.The cause of the fire isn't yet known but the inferno
was said to have started at about 3.am from one of the shops
inside the market.
According to an eye witness:
According to an eye witness:
“Immediately we discovered that there was an outbreak
of fire in one of the shops, I alerted the vigilante commander, Mr.
Jideofor Okacha and we started making contacts for help but all efforts
were in vain as none of the fire service stations contacted responded
except Okpoko Fire Service Station”.
Mr. Jideofor Okacha said:
“We tried to break the shop to stop the fire with our fire
extinguisher, but to no avail and the security men from one of the new
generation banks located inside the market brought their extinguisher but to no
avail. Instead, the fire escalated, touching the double shop apartment and
other near-by shops in the market.
“As it went out of control, we called the Okpoko Fire
Service men at about 4.am and they responded promptly with their vehicle
and put out the fire.”
He said the Okpoko fire service men were called and emptied
their tank on the inferno.
He said:
He said:
“Nobody died because it was in the midnight and
people were still sleeping but some of the security men with
me from a new generation bank sustained various degrees of injury
as we tried to stop the fire”.
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