Fire destroys 21 shops at Abuja furniture market

Summary

A fire at the Kugbo Furniture Market in Abuja destroyed 21 shops and a vehicle on Friday.

Highlights

• NEMA said its Abuja operations office received a distress call at about 11:15am and mobilised the Federal Fire Service and other responders.
• Emergency responders helped contain the blaze and prevent it from spreading to other parts of the market.
• No lives were lost in the incident, according to the report.
• Some valuables were recovered from affected shops during the response.
• Emergency operations at the scene ended at about 1:40pm.