40 STALLS BURNT IN ABUJA MARKET
By Olorunfemi Ojo
No fewer than 40 stalls were burnt in
a fire outbreak at the Garki Model Market in Abuja on Saturday morning.
According to Mr Ibrahim Yahaya-Joe, the Manager, Abuja Market Management Limited (AMML), who said he received a phone call that the fire started from a cold-room store before spreading to other parts, revaled that the fire started at about 6.02a.m.
“I received a distress call at exactly 6.02 this morning that there was fire outbreak in one of the shops with a big refrigerator and gas cylinders.
“We used fire extinguishers as an interim measure to curb the outbreak before the arrival of the fire service personnel.”
“The fire fighters came from the State
House, the Federal Fire Service and the
FCT Fire Service.
“He said there were also other cold rooms and cylinders around the area which aggravated the fire”, he said and advised traders to discard combustible materials, gas cylinders and other inflammable materials in their shops to avoid fire outbreak. He also suggested to the traders to keep fire extinguishers in their shops to help future fire fighting operations.