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Fire Ravages Igbudu Market In Warri, Properties Worth Millions Destroyed
A fire at Igbudu market in Warri, Delta State, destroyed properties worth millions of naira, prompting calls for a local fire service substation and financial support for affected traders.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that properties worth millions of naira were destroyed in a fire outbreak at the Nupe line section of Igbudu market in Warri, Delta State.
The fire began around noon on Wednesday and was extinguished through the swift intervention of the Delta State Fire Service and the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) fire department.
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Traders at the market were seen crying and salvaging rubble from their burnt shops.
The Etsu-Nupe of Warri and its environs, Zuberu Mohammed Tajudeen, confirmed the incident. He appealed to the Delta State Government to establish a fire service substation in Igbudu market and provide financial support to help traders recover from their losses.
He said, “We don’t know how the fire started. We only perceived the smell of burning but we could not trace the exact thing that was burning. All we saw later was fire. The fire finished the building close to my building.
“When the fire was burning, I was afraid. It took the intervention of the fire service of the Delta State Government with that of SPDC to stop it.
Fire Igbudu Market
“The Urhobos in Igbudu No. 2 and the Hausa boys in Hausa Quarters also helped us a great deal. They helped to quench the fire.
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“I thank God because my building was spared. I don’t have any other thing. This is the only place where I get my daily bread from. I am happy.”
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