VIDEO: Fire guts Abuja market

ire burns at Gwagwalada Main Market in Abuja as an eyewitness appeals for urgent intervention from emergency responders.

A fire outbreak has ravaged the Gwagwalada Main Market in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

An eyewitness who recorded the incident in a video shared on Facebook claimed that the fire started at about 7pm on Saturday and was still burning when he posted the footage.

The video was shared by Sani Usman Zakariyya, who called on the relevant authorities and emergency responders to intervene urgently.

In the accompanying caption, he wrote, “FIRE OUTBREAK IN GWAGWALADA MAIN MARKET. The attention of fire service is urgently needed, and the security are afraid to open the market for security reasons.

“The authorities should act fast before it spreads further. It’s not getting better at all. I’m currently at the scene in the market.”

The cause of the fire had yet to be established as of the time of filing this report.

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Watch the video below:

𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎: 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐮𝐣𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭

Credit: FB | Sani Usman Zakariyya
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