The fire, SaharaReporters gathered, engulfed the popular market in the early hours of Tuesday, destroying goods and properties worth millions of naira.
Popular “Afia Mgbede” in Nnewi Auto Spare Parts market in Anambra State, South-East Nigeria, has been razed by mysterious inferno.
The fire, SaharaReporters gathered, engulfed the popular market in the early hours of Tuesday, destroying goods and properties worth millions of naira.
A video clip of the unfortunate incident shows the market being burned without any presence of the Fire Service, both state and federal, as the crowd watched helplessly as the fire destroyed the market.
Although the exact cause of the inferno was yet to be investigated, a video clip shared on X by Leadership Newspapers showed the raging fire razed high-rise market buildings.
A voice was overheard in the video saying: “Afia Mgbede is on fire now. This is early Tuesday morning. Motor parts is on fire. All the Afia Mgbede motor parts market is completely burning. We don’t have Fire Service in Anambra State and it is very unfortunate.”
Meanwhile, when SaharaReporters reached out to the police in Anambra State for reaction, the Command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said there was no such information before him.
He said, “There is no such report before me.”
Meanwhile, a resident of Nnewi, who gave his name as Sunday David, confirmed to SaharaReporters that the inferno started in the night and that no one knew the cause of the fire.
“It is not the entire Motor Spare Parts Market that got burnt but a market inside the Spare Parts Market called ‘Afia Mgbede market’.”
