An early morning fire outbreak at a storey building housing electronics and electrical appliances on Wednesday, destroyed property worth millions of naira in Nnewi North Local Government area of Anambra,.
Mr Chukwudi Chiketa, the Fire Chief, Anambra Fire Service, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Onitsha.
Chiketa explained that the inferno affected five shops situated in a one storey-building which was housing electronics and electrical appliances.
According to him, the fire started at about 9:00 a.m. and the fire service deployed its men and equipment to the scene immediately to contain the situation.
“The inferno affected building is a one storey building; the inferno affected about five shops upstairs, which contain electronics and parts.
“The good part of it is that it has been controlled and there was no loss of life and lots of shops upstairs and downstairs were saved,” he said.
He noted that the cause of the fire incident was yet to be ascertained, saying that every residents should be fire conscious.
The fire chief advised traders on the need for every store owners to acquire fire extinguisher to serve as a precaution before the arrival of the fire service.
