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A market known as the Oba Market in Ring Road, Benin, Edo State, has been razed by fire from an unknown source.
The fire according to our sources was said to have started at midnight and was still being put out as at 9:00am on Monday.
“At about 1:00hrs this morning, men of Federal Fire Service Zone K, Edo Command, turned out to combat a raging inferno at Oba Market, Ring Road, Benin City, Edo State. In attendance are Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force, NPDC, and UNIBEN fire service,” Federal Fire Service Zone K said in a post on Twitter.
Market goods and other properties were lost as a result of the fire outbreak. Also victims whose shops and market places where razed by the unexpected fire outbreak lamented bitterly. They also called out to caring Nigerians to assist them recover from their lost.
The cause of the fire is still not known as at the time of this report.
Source: SaharaReporters
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