Goods worth millions of naira was on Thursday destroyed after an inferno razed a popular Kara market in Edo state, destroying over 200 stores.
According to reports, the fire, which emanated from an electric fault in one of the restaurants at about 9am, razed down the restaurants and all other shops around.
Kara market is located at Aduwawa, Ipoba-Okha local government of the State, and is mostly populated by Hausas who sell clothes, provisions, food stuff, shoes, among others.
A trader who was affected, who simply identified himself as Muhammed said he’s confused and doesn’t know where to go or start from.
“I have lost everything that I have to the fire. I was not able to save anything, as you can see everything was burnt. I don’t know where to go from here,” he said.
Another victim, Ali Kwara, a meat seller, whose living room was affected, said he lost money and other properties to the fire.
“I don’t have a shop there but a room where I sleep. I was at the market selling meat when they called me that the place was on fire and when I arrived my house, money and properties were gone.
“This clothe I am putting on now is all that I have now. We lost over N10 million here. One person lost N700,000 and many other people also lost cash more than that and I am not even talking about the goods,” he said.
Meanwhile, a trader, Abubakar Abdullahi, whose shop was not affected confirmed that the fire started from the restaurant at about 9am.
“I was outside when I heard people shouting fire and when I rushed? to my shop, the fire has already engulfed most of the shops inside the market. So we started parking out belongings but I thank God that it didn’t reach my shop,” he said adding that about 30 minutes after, fire fighters came to their rescue.
Abubakar said this is the third fire incident in the market since 2016.
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