An early morning fire outbreak on Friday razed down a popular Lafia modern market located in Nasarawa State.
TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) gathered that several millions of Naira worth of goods was destroyed after the fire engulfed some shops in the market as the owners and sympathizers watched helplessly.
As at the time of filing this report, rescue efforts were yet to commence, and no information was available on the probable loss of life arising from the fire incident.
The immediate cause of the fire is also yet to be established.
The Director of the Fire Service in the state, Joshua Ombugu, later confirmed to newsmen that the incident was caused by the dumpsite near the market.
He said the men of the fire service were able to salvage properties worth about ₦10 million, while properties estimated at ₦150 million were destroyed.
Fortunately, no lives were lost.
“The incident took place at 21:54hrs. The fire was caused by the dumpsite.
“We estimated the property lost to be worth about ₦150 million and the property we were able to save worth about ₦10 million.
“There was no casualty. We mobilised our men swiftly, and five fire ambulances were sent to the site of the incident,” Ombugu said.