Fire Destroys Sokoto Old Market

Goods worth millions of Naira were on Friday
night destroyed by fire at a section of the Sokoto
Old Market. Dozens of shops containing assorted food stuff,
cooking oil, detergents and other household items
were consumed by the fire. A similar incident occurred on July 24, 2016 at the
textile section of the market. The Head of Operations, Sokoto State Fire
Service, Mr Mustapha Mohammed,said that ” the
inferno started at around 9pm yesterday ”. ” But we were able to put it out in about two and
half hours, with the assistance of the affected
traders and other Samaritans. “There was no loss of life. A fireman suffered a
dislocation in his right leg but he is responding to
treatment. ” The cause of the fire is not yet known, but, there
was no public power supply when the inferno
started.” Mohammed stated that the department would
conduct thorough investigations to unravel the
cause of the fire. A cross section of the affected traders told NAN
that ”we have resigned our fate to God.” Mohammad Chika, one of the affected traders,
called for assistance to enable the traders recoup
their losses. ”We are appealing for an urgent support from the
state and Federal Government, as well as other
well-meaning Nigerians,” he told NAN. NAN observed that the reconstruction work was
still on-going at the site of the 2016 incident.