Fire destroys over 100 shops in Kaduna market
A popular Yan- Katato market in the Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State was gutted by fire and goods worth millions of naira were destroyed in more than 100 shops.
The Chairman, Yan-Katato Market, Alhaji Mohammed Ashiru, told newsmen in Zaria that the fire occurred in the early hours of Wednesday.
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Ashiru said that the market security guards informed them that the fire was ignited by a spark from electric power cables that crossed over the market.
“The sparks generated fire particles which dropped on ceiling stalls in the market and subsequently led to the inferno,’’ he said.
The chairman noted that the security guards could not prevent the spread of the fire, stressing that it took the intervention of the Federal Fire Service to contain it after several hours.
He sympathised with the affected shop owners and enjoined them to take the incident in good fate.
DSF Abubakar Ibrahim, Fire Station Officer, Federal Fire Service Sabon Gari, said the lack of adequate water reservoirs delayed the fight to halt the raging fire.
He, therefore, appealed to the government and philanthropists to support the service with more reservoirs for better service delivery.
