Black Ash Wednesday in Anambra as fire guts Nnewi Electric Parts market

By Cyprian Ebele, Onitsha

It was a black Ash Wednesday in Nnewi, Anambra State, as an early morning fire gutted the Nnewi Electric Parts market, destroying five shops beyond recognition and goods estimated into millions of naira.

Confirming the fire outbreak, Mr Chukwudi Chiketa, the Fire Chief, Anambra Fire Service,

explained that the inferno affected five shops situated in a one storey-building which was housing electronics and electrical appliances.

He disclosed that the fire started at about 9:00 a.m. and the fire service deployed its men and equipment to the scene immediately to contain the situation.

“The affected building is a one storey building, the inferno affected about five shops upstairs, which contain electronics and parts.

“The good part of it is that it has been controlled and there was no loss of life, a lot of shops upstairs and downstairs were saved”, he said.

According to him the cause of the fire incident was still sketchy even as he advised that every resident should be fire conscious.

The fire chief advised traders on the need for every store owner to acquire fire extinguishers to serve as a precaution before the arrival of the fire service personnel.