Fire fighters battling with the inferno
By BARBARA KALU, Awka –
No fewer than 80 shops have been destroyed in the chemical market fire explosion in Onitsha Head Bridge in Anambra State.
The fire outbreak also destroyed goods and properties worth millions of naira.
The Director/Fire Chief of Anambra Fire Services, Mr Martin Agbili, stated this in a statement he personally signed on Wednesday in Onitsha.
Mr. Agbili said that incident took place at the Science and Lab Line of Ogbo Ogwu Market not the entire Ogbo Ogwu Market, Onitsha.
”It is really a terrible situation but the fire is under control now. The vibration from the explosions caused the collapse of some market buildings.
“A lot of safety measures have been taken to protect the entire market. There are casualties but we can’t ascertain the actual number of death and the injured”, he said.
Meanwhile, the police authority in Anambra State has said it was yet to be furnished with the casualty rate at the fire explosion in the chemical market in Onitsha.
The command’s spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this on Tuesday while addressing newsmen.
DSP Ikenga said: “I don’t have the information on the level of casualty and the level of damage.
“But I can confirm to you that there was fire explosion at the chemical market and our operatives led by DCP Operations, John Ogbodaga are on ground.
“The area has been cordoned off, the fire service were also on ground and the situation is under control,” he said.
