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80 stores destroyed in fresh Ogbe-Ijoh inferno

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Not fewer than 80 stores were, on Friday, razed by yet another inferno at Ogbe-Ijoh market in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State.

The fire, which started at about 11:00 p.m, destroyed goods worth millions of naira.

Ogbe-Ijoh market is notorious for harbouring illegally refined crude petrol, diesel and kerosene.

Sunday Tribune reports that the portion engulfed by the inferno is known for fish smoking and trading on daily basis, even as the reason behind the fire outbreak could not be ascertained.

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Speaking on the incident, one Mrs Ebiere Akporiri, a trader affected by the incident said everybody is warned about the incessant fire outbreak.

Mrs Agnes Dobor, whose stores was also badly affected, said, “my fish, everything running into about N200,000 was lost.”

 

 

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