{"id":133513,"date":"2023-12-20T21:37:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T21:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/20\/fire-guts-30-shops-in-anambra-market-destroys-properties-worth-n300-million\/"},"modified":"2023-12-20T21:37:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T21:37:30","slug":"fire-guts-30-shops-in-anambra-market-destroys-properties-worth-n300-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/20\/fire-guts-30-shops-in-anambra-market-destroys-properties-worth-n300-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Guts 30 Shops In Anambra Market, Destroys Properties Worth N300 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Fire has destroyed a section of the popular Nkpor Main market in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra state.<\/p>\n<p>INFORMATION NIGERIA reports that the fire occurred in the early hours of Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that the incident had already destroyed no fewer than 30 shops before the traders mobilised and managed to put it off.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Goods Worth Millions Of Naira Destroyed As Fire Guts Anambra Market<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Confirming the horrible development, the Chairman of the market, Chief Paul Okafor, told newsmen in his office that the fire started from a cold room shop and spread to other nearby shops.<\/p>\n<p>He added that\u00a0over N300 million worth of goods were damaged in the inferno.<\/p>\n<p>The market leader, whose own wine shop was also gutted, said the fire affected shops loaded with paints, curtains, gum,\u00a0 shoe leathers, shoe polish, wines, hot drinks, and thinners, among others.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>He said: \u201cWe call on the state and local governments and public-spirited individuals and groups to come to the aid of the affected traders to bounce back to business as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoods worth over N300 million were damaged in the inferno and the traders are now counting their losses. 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