The reports have it that the fire which started late in the evening of Saturday, December 10, consumed some shops within the Timber Market. 11.5K Home Secretary under fire as migrant crisis worsens The fire outbreak started late on Saturday, December 10.
Details of the damage done by the fire outbreak are yet to be confirmed even as no one around the area has been able to state what led to the fire outbreak. People who were gathered around the vicinity of the Timber Market noted that efforts to immediately ascertain what caused the fire has not been productive.
Fire Service authority confirms the incident of fire outbreak Speaking on the incident, the Anambra state's fire chief, Martin Agbili said that the service was already on the matter. Agbili in a statement said that some men of the Anambra state fire service team were deployed to the scene of the fire incident promptly. Noting that all efforts were being put in place to fight the fire, Agabili called on residents and shop owners in the area to remain calm. His words: “I have deployed our firefighters to the fire scene. They are there fighting the fire." Popular Southeast Mega Market Razed by Fire, Firefighters to the Rescue.
Fire gutted the famous Onitsha Market, with numerous goods destroyed due to the inferno. It was gathered two sections of the market with different blocks of shops were affected by the fire outbreak. Meanwhile, the Anambra state fire service was able to arrest the situation after arriving at the scene shortly after the incident to put out the fire.
