Fire Destroys Property Worth Billions Of Naira In Popular Market In Ebonyi
Goods Worth billions if naira were destroyed when following strange fire outbreak which gutted a section of the popular Eke Market in Afikpo, Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
The incident which occurred on Tuesday evening, destroyed goods worth millions of naira including shop, though no life was lost.
The cause of the fire was not yet known as at the time of this report but the traders who were taken unawares made frantic efforts to save their goods without success.
The fire Service Unit in Afikpo could not mobilise to put off the raging inferno because its equipment were reportedly not functional.
This development prompted the youths of the Area to mobilize and stop the fire from further escalation.
The Executive Chairman of Afikpo North Council Area, Barr Oby Oko Enyim, visited the scene of the fire incident on Wednesday, and sympathized with the victims.
Barr. Oby Oko Enyim who thanked God that no life was lost, was taken round the scene of the fire disaster by the Chairman of Afikpo Market Traders Association, AMATA, Omezue Johnson Inya Oka,
He described the incident as pathetic and promised that the Local Government would ensure that basic faculties within the market was restored in no distant time.
The member representing Afikpo North East Constituency, Ebonyi State
House of Assembly, Hon Lilian Ngozi Eziuloh,
has also sympathized with the fire victims of the fire outbreak.
She said, “I sympathize with victims of Afikpo fire outbreak that took place at Eke Market Motor Park at about 10pm on 12th July 2022. With sincere heart filled with sympathy and empathy knowing full well the consequences of this disaster on those directly affected, I pray you shall recover all you have lost in Jesus name Amen.
“To Afikpo youths who volunteered to quench the fire amidst the intensity and absence of Fire service at the time they were most needed, God will reward you here on Earth and in Heaven for your contribution in communal and selfless service to save humanity.
“Afikpo North be consoled and remember the Word of God in Psalms 34:18″ The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit”.
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