Fire has razed down fourteen shops at Katako Market in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. The fire started at the wee hour of today.
Lawal Kamal, the chairman of Body B, who confirmed the incident explained that the fire started at about 3:30 am. And had completely destroyed the section before the arrival of firefighters.
Kamal said: “The fire was caused by an electrical fault.
”This is not the first time the market is experiencing such incident. In September this year, electrical fault had destroyed Timber B section.
“Jos Electricity Distribution Company has not been serious about the problem because it doesn’t check connections regularly.
“It is a very sad news. I feel like crying. I have been here since 3:30 am when the incident started. We have lost property worth N15m.
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”Almost all those that are affected have to start afresh. You have seen it yourself. We thanked God there was no loss of life,” he added.
Daily Trust reports that Abdulhakim Bashir, owner of one of the affected shops, said; “it has happened and I take it as the will of God.”
