A fire outbreak on Tuesday morning destroyed a two-storey building housing a building materials plaza at Ahia-Mgbede, opposite the Motor Spare Parts Market in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Firefighters managed to prevent the blaze from spreading to other stores in the Uruagu area of the market, according to reports.
Speaking in Onitsha, the Chief Fire Officer of the Anambra Fire Service, Chukwudi Chiketa, confirmed that the fire service received a distress call at about 2:15 a.m.
“We deployed personnel from Nnewi and Ogidi Fire Stations to the scene immediately,” he said.
Chiketa explained that firefighters worked tirelessly to bring the fire under control, but it reignited, prompting further efforts to extinguish it completely.
The exact cause of the fire remains unknown.
Although no lives were lost in the incident, Chiketa advised the public to take precautionary measures to prevent fire outbreaks.
