An early morning fire on Wednesday razed the building material market in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
The inferno which started around 4am, reportedly emanated from a standby articulated vehicle parked inside the market.
Newsmen gathered men of the fire service, who were immediately contacted, were still battling with the fire at press time.
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The State Fire fighter chief, Engr Martin Agbili confirmed the incident.
He said: “There is Fire outbreak this early morning at Building material market Ogidi at about 0400hrs. Our firefighters and fire trucks at Onitsha and Awka were deployed to the fire scene.
“We are still at the fire scene. Although the fire is under control. No life lost during the incident.”
He added that the fire emanated from a lorry loaded with calcium carbide and other goods, parked inside the market. The carbide reportedly generated heat which led to an explosion.
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State Command, confirmed the fire outbreak. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Edwin Okadigbo. told our correspondent that the command “ received a distress call of a fire outbreak at the building material market, Ogidi, and thereafter alerted the state Fire Service led by Engr. Martins Agbili who responded promptly by deploying firefighters and fire trucks from Onitsha and Awka to the scene.
“Men of the Idemili North Divisional office of the NSCDC, led by the Divisional Officer CSC Onwuakagba Stella, were also mobilised to the scene. Preliminary investigations revealed that there was no loss of lives, but goods worth millions of naira were destroyed.”
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Okadigbo added that the state commandant of the corps, Comdt. David Bille, has ordered a discrete investigation to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the incident.
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