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Fire ravages Gwagwalada main market in Abuja

By , based on Punch and Daily Post

Fire ravages Gwagwalada main market in AbujaOvinuchi Prince Ejiohuo · CC BY-SA 4.0

A fire ravaged Gwagwalada Main Market in the federal capital Abuja from around 7pm Saturday, according to Punch. Footage filmed by witness Sani Usman Zakariyya shows the fire still burning in several areas of the market. The witness is calling for urgent intervention by firefighters, while security officers fear reopening the market. The cause of the fire has not yet been established.

A fire is ravaging Gwagwalada Main Market in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in Abuja. It broke out around 7pm Saturday, according to Punch, which shared footage filmed on Facebook by a witness, Sani Usman Zakariyya.

In his caption, the witness called for urgent intervention by firefighters and said security officers were afraid to reopen the market for safety reasons. The cause of the fire had not been established when Punch published its report.

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