David Adenuga, Bauchi
A five-year-old boy died when fire razed a part of Muda Lawal Market in Bauchi metropolis.
Properties were also destroyed in the inferno, which lasted for almost two hours on Thursday afternoon.
The spokesman of the State Fire Service Abubakar Bala, who confirmed the incident to our correspondent, said the incident occurred when an overloaded truck with mattresses collided with an electricity pole.
According to him, the fire was eventually put out by the officials of the service who came to the scene of the incident.
He added that security personnel were equally deployed to the area to maintain law and order.
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The Chairman of the Muda Lawal Market, Baba Maigaji, said although the actual cause of the fire could not be ascertained eyewitness reports stated that the fire was caused by a spark triggered by an electrical fault.
He said the Keke NAPEP was parked close to a truck conveying mattresses.
“The fire started from a truck carrying mattresses that parked in the market since yesterday.Most of the eyewitnesses said that a Keke Napep that parked closed to the truck, started the fire as a result of an electric spark”
“We recorded huge losses in the fire outbreak, a 5 year old boy who was sleeping in one of the shops in the market during the fire incident died.
so far, 17 shops, 8 cars , 11 motorcycles and 1 Keke NAPEP were burnt in the inferno,” he said.
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