Fire razes 20 shops in Nasarawa timber market

About 20 shops were On Saturday razed in a major timber market in Lafia, the Nasarawa state capital.
Some of the eyewitnesses, who did not want their names to be mentioned, told The PUNCH that the fire outbreak began around 1am, razing about 20 shops and destroying properties worth millions of Naira.
According to them, “The effort by the residents of the area to put off the fire was not successful and the State Fire Service men arrived the scene with empty tanks.
“The level of destruction is so devastating,” they added.
While confirming the incident in an interview with the PUNCH in Lafia, the State Chief Fire Officer, Mr. Dogara Dalhatu, said the cause of the fire is yet to be established, adding that it was not true that the fire fighters came with empty tanks.”