BREAKING: Panic as Fire Guts Abuja Popular Karu Market
- Abuja's popular Karu market has caught fire, and traders were seen scrambling to salvage their goods in the meantime
- FCT fire service director Amiola Adebayo confirmed the incident to journalists, adding that operatives have been deployed to the scene
- An eyewitness disclosed that the firefighters found it difficult to gain entrance to the market, and that was why they had to struggle to quench the fire
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FCT, Abuja - The popular Karu Market in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, is on fire. Traders at the market are still scrambling to salvage what they could.
The cause of the fire is still unknown. Officials of the FCT fire service are battling to put off the inferno.
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According to The Punch, the fire has destroyed goods worth millions of naira. Firefighters are desperately trying to put out the fire.
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Amiola Adebayo, the director of the FCT fire service, confirmed the incident to journalists on Thursday, June 27. Adebayo added that the service's operatives had been deployed to the market.
How Abuja market caught fire
According to an eyewitness, the fire started about 7 pm on Thursday, June 27. Firefighters arrived almost immediately but couldn’t gain access to the market.
A shop owner, Hon. Jibreel Babangoshi, who was on the ground, described the situation as bad.
He said:
“The Karu market situation is bad. Only one fire truck was on the ground. When the fire started, they had no water. When they got water, they couldn’t gain access as shops had been constructed on every available space.
"They (firefighters) had to go through the back of the village. Reinforcement came from Area 10, but access remains a challenge.
“Number of shops, worth of goods destroyed not yet known. The cause of the fire is not yet known.
“Fire started from the Informal Sector section of the market”.
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