Onitsha fire: 80 shops destroyed in explosion
The Director of the Anambra Fire Services, Martin Agbili, on Wednesday, said that 80 shops were destroyed in the chemical market fire explosion in Onitsha Head Bridge.
According to a statement signed by Agbili on Wednesday in Onitsha, he explained that the fire happened at the Science and Lab Line of Ogbo Ogwu Market and not the whole Ogbo Ogwu Market, Onitsha.
Agbili added that it was really a terrible situation but the inferno was under control.
He noted that the vibration from the explosions caused the collapse of some market buildings.
He said: “A lot of safety measures have been taken to protect the entire market. There are casualties but we can’t ascertain the actual number of death and the injured”.
Agbili averred that the fire also destroyed goods and properties worth millions of naira.
The incident was said to have led to a stampede that caused deaths and injuries on many.
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