In the midnight of Wednesday, into Thursday morning there was a fire outbreak in a section of the popular Muda Lawal foodstuff market in Bauchi, which destroyed several structures and goods amounting to millions of naira.
According to reports, the fire started very late in the night of Wednesday and burnt till the early hours of Thursday consuming properties in a section of the market before it was put out by the combined efforts of firefighters and other people around.
An eyewitness said:
“We don’t know what really happened, but we suspect that the fire started after the light was restored. You know it’s a foodstuff market, so a spark could easily start off a major fire. If you look at it, it is really a huge loss.Â
“I pray that those affected by the inferno will gather the strength to withstand the pain that comes with this kind of loss. I want to plead with the government to intervene so that their burden would be a little less heavy on them,”
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