Fire razes Sokoto Central Market, motorbikes, parts destroyed

Fire razes Sokoto Central Market, motorbikes, parts destroyed

Fire broke out in the motorcycle section and parts of the Sokoto Central Market in the early hours of Monday, March 18.

It could however not be immediately ascertained officially what caused the fire and the extent of the damage, sources said it began from a waste dump.

Operatives of fire services, traders were making frantic efforts to contain the fire as of the time of filing this report.

Chairman of Motorcycles Marketers Association, Sokoto, Garba Mohammed, said, “We cannot specify the actual figure destroyed as a result of the incident which left many people in a total loss of their goods and sites to the fire which started around 6am today (Monday).

“A lot of them could not arrive at the scene early enough for possible rescue of their motorcycles and other items.”

Mohammed said the federal and state fire service officials were involved in actively combatting the fire.