Hundreds of shops at the Oba market in Benin, Edo state have been destroyed by a fire which started around midnight on Monday.
The fire, which burnt almost all the shops in market, according to witnesses, started around 12:05 am and raged till 6am before it was put out by a team of fire fighters.
The Federal Fire Service confirmed this in a tweet saying;
At about 1:00hrs this morning Men of Federal Fire Service Zone K Edo command turned out to combat a raging inferno at Oba market ring road Benin city Edo State. In attendance are Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air force, NPDC, and UNIBEN fire service.
At about 1:00hrs this morning Men of Federal Fire Service Zone K Edo command turned out to combat a raging inferno at Oba market ring road Benin city Edo State. In attendance are Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air force, NPDC and Uniben fire service.@Fedfireng @ConnectEDO pic.twitter.com/XxqhweA2QB
— Federal Fire Service Zone K (@fedfire_asaba) June 22, 2020
Osayi Ikponmwosa, one of the traders who owns a boutique in the market complex, said she got a call around 1am that the market was on fire, the Cable reports.
She said;
We lost everything. We could not get here until this morning and the fire had already burnt everything in the shop.
See some photos from the fire incident below;
