Mystery Fire Razes Shops In Ebonyi

Another mystery fire on Monday morning razed shops with goods and properties worth millions at Abakpa main market in Abakaliki, Ebonyi.The Nation gathered that the fire which started about

3:00am on Monday destroyed over 16 shops, most of them electrical shops and warehouses behind the building.The electrical shops destroyed are filled with assorted goods such as, computers, television, generator sets and sterilizers.Also affected were curtain dealers’ shops housing bundles of
curtains, curtain rods, roll carpets and ray.Nine wheel barrows filled with various items for petty traders were also destroyed by the fire.Speaking with The Nation, one of the victims, Aaron Onuorah, who lamented the level of destruction, said the incident took everybody by surprise.Onuorah, a journalist with National Light Newspaper, said he lost goods worth over N6 million to the inferno that razed his electronics shop.