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BREAKING: Fire Guts Timber Market In Rivers

  • A midnight inferno has razed shops at the Timber Market in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
  • The fire started from the casket section of the market about midnight breaking into Thursday.

A midnight inferno has razed shops at the Timber Market in the Marine Base axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the fire started from the casket section of the market about midnight breaking into Thursday, just as shop owners and traders affected said no firefighter has been seen at the sight as of the time of filing this report.

One of the victims, Chidi Ogbomma, who sells building materials said, “I was at home around 11:30pm to 12midnight when I was called that there was fire at market.

“I don’t know where to start from,” Ogbomma lamented as machines, industrial woods and finished products were completely consumed in the fire.

Segun Ojo

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