Early Morning Fire Guts  Electric Appliances Market in Nnewi

David-Chyddy Eleke in Awka

An early morning fire outbreak  yesterday  gutted Electric Appliances Market in Nnewi, Nnewi North Local Government area of Anambra, destroying property worth millions of naira.

It was gathered that the fire started at about 9:00 a.m, while the fire service promptly deployed its men and equipment to the scene to contain the situation.

The Chief Fire Officer of Anambra Fire Service, Mr Chukwudi Chiketa, who made this known to journalists, explained that the inferno affected just five shops situated in a one storey-building which was housing electronics and electrical appliances.

He said: “The affected building is a one storey building, the inferno affected about five shops upstairs, which contain electronics and parts.

“The good part of it is that it has been controlled and there was no loss of life, a lot of shops upstairs and downstairs were saved,” he said.

He noted that the cause of the fire incident was yet to be ascertained, calling on residents to always exercise  care and be fire conscious.

The fire chief also advised traders on the need for every store owners to acquire fire extinguisher to serve as a precaution before the arrival of the fire service.