Fire has razed six shops at the side wings of Birnin Kebbi central market on Friday night.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fire gutted shops where agro chemicals and agricultural materials are being sold in the market.
A security guard, Malam Aminu Shehu, however told NAN that the real cause of the fire outbreak was yet to be ascertained.
Shehu confirmed that the intervention of the men of state fire service helped to prevent the fire from extending to more blocks in the market.
”Around 10 a.m yesterday day night I saw smoke and fire coming out from the shops and used my touch light to check the source of the fire and smoke. I discovered it was our shops where I am securing and I quickly called for help, but I don’t known the cause of the fire,” Shehu said.
The vsales representative of Saro Agro Science Nig Ltd, Mallam Muhammad Lawal, also told NAN that the company has lost millions of naira to the inferno.
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