Hospital Road Electrical Market in Aba, Abia State, was gutted by fire and goods worth over N900 million were destroyed.
The sad development was confirmed to journalists by Aba Fire Service Commander, Belenta Belenta.
While confirming the fire outbreak, Belenta said: “We received calls from people in the area after the fire had taken root.
“They called my men and when they got there some hoodlums who wanted to loot the shops, stopped them from reaching the scene, while the fire raged.
“They hey had to go through another route to get to the scene.”
Mr Paul Nwaka, who owns a shop in the market, said the incident occurred at about midnight.
While talking further, Nwaka said sparks from an electric line across the market stalls triggered the fire outbreak.
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