Another market, the Ogbo Osisi Bridgehead Timber market in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State has been gutted by fire, barely two weeks after a section of the Onitsha Main market was razed.
africafirstnew.com Correspondent in neighbouring Asaba town reports that some shops at the Ogbo Osisi Timber Market Bridgehead, Onitsha were up in flames, as she could see fire fighters from the Delta State racing towards the direction of the fire scene.
No cause of the fire outbreak has been identified, but it was gathered that it started late in the evening on Saturday.
The Anambra State Fire Chief, Martin Agbili, in a statement said the men of the State Fire Service had been deployed to the scene.
“I have deployed our firefighters to the fire scene. They are there fighting the fire,” Agbili confirmed.
