Fire guts Enugu timber market
The officers and men of the Enugu State and the Federal Fire Services on Saturday extinguished inferno at a section of the Modern Timber Market in the state capital.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the fire, which cause cannot be ascertained, started at about 6p.m. on Saturday.
The Director of the Enugu State Fire Service, Mr Okwudiri Ohaa, who is also the state’s Chief Fire Officer, told NAN that there was no loss of life in the incident.
He said that it took the quick intervention of the state fire station in the market to start battling the fire while calling for assistance from the federal fire service headquarters.
“Four other fire trucks and a water tanker as well as assist from officers and men of the Federal Fire Service worked to put the inferno under control.
“Before arriving, due to the way stalls are built in the market; a stretch of a line in the market had been badly affected by the inferno.
“We were able to extinguish it and we are also on ground now to ensure that no remnant of the fire will resurface.
“We sincerely thank the Federal Fire Service for assisting us put off the fire and forestall further damage,” he said.
NAN reports that due to numerous fire incidences in the market, the state government established a fire service station in the market.
NAN
