At least 150 shops have caught fire at the popular “Yan Katako” market in Sabon Gari, Zaria area of Kaduna State.
The fire reportedly started at about 1 am on Wednesday and it continued till the afternoon.
It was learnt that the fire began when Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company restored power and an electric pole fell on the roof of one of the shops.
The PUNCH reports that the Chief Security Officer of the market, Hamisu Buhari, said “I finally contacted the fire service at the Sabon Gari Main Market. They asked me to provide fuel for them, which I did before they could come to the scene.”
According to The PUNCH, Alhaji Alin Ashiru, the chairman of Timber dealers in the market attributed the inferno to an electric spark.
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He also confirmed that about 150 shops had been burnt to ashes, with property worth millions of naira destroyed.
