Traders at the old Panteka Market in Kaduna metropolis are counting their losses, following a fire incident that gutted the timber section of the market at 3am yesterday. The fire razed down hundreds of shops which were reduced to ashes, even as eye witnesses said not less than thousands of shops were affected and billions of naira worth of products destroyed. The cause of the fire was not immediately known, even as some of the traders believed that it might have been caused by an electrical fault. As at the time our correspondent visited the scene traders affected by the incident said they could not salvage anything from their shops, as many were seen wailing and bemoaning their losses. Speaking on the development, Executive Secretary of the state Emergence Management Agency (SEMA), Ezekiel Baba Karik, said the timber section of the market was completely razed down.  He, however, attributed some of the losses partly to the activities of hoodlums, who according to him, started attacking fire fighters on arrival at the scene of the incident. Karik said one of the drivers was wounded and the vehicle he was driving fell into a nearby ditch, thereby compounding the fire situation. He accused the hoodlums of looting shops and preventing the fire fighters from doing their job. According to him although the incident was said to have occurred at about 3am, he was informed around 4am when he received a distressed call from the area.  SHARE THIS Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterPlus on Google+ RELATED POST: Clamp Down On Smugglers Of Frozen Fish And Chicken Into Nigeria-Minister Of Agriculture Tells Custom APC Chairmen In Niger Rejects Car Gifts From Governor Cocoa Farmers Writes To Buhari,Accusing Ministry Of Agriculture Of Distributing Fake Fungicides,Pesticides Woman Kills Fellow Church Member With Car While Going To Church Buhari Orders More Cash Released To States Before Christmas Boy Promises To Keep His Virginity Because Of This Shocking Reason People Flee As Gunmen Kills Four Policemen In Adamawa Please Comment Here Emoticon   Popular Posts   Pregnant Woman With Others Crushed To Death By Truck In Ogun State  UEFA Changes Match Schedule In The Champions League  Chelsea Boss,Conte,Apololigises To Officials After Being Sent Off From Swansea Match  Young Man Beaten With Sticks After Bullet Refused To Penetrate Body  Don Jazzy,Phyno,Simi,Olamide And Others Unite Together To Get SARS Scrapped  Tanker Explodes At Njaba Bridge Killing 20 People  I Have Been Diabetic For 30 Years-Obasanjo Reveals  NEWS  CHINA’S SPACE STATION TO HIT THE EARTH IN A FEW MONTHS TIME China’s 8.5-ton Tiangong-1 space station, originally launched in 2011, has seen its orbit rapidly decay and…  FEMALE STUDENT FAINTS DURING POST UTME EXERCISE A female student who came to write the Post-UTME exercise has stunned people by fainting at the examination…  ADAMAWA GOVERNOR TO PAY HOSPITAL BILL OF SUICIDE BOMBER VICTIMS The government of Adamawa State has said people of the state should assist security operatives by providing…  PEOPLE FLEE AS GUNMEN KILLS FOUR POLICEMEN IN ADAMAWA The Adamawa police command has confirmed the death of four of its men in a clash with gunmen in Numan local…  WOMAN TO FACE DEATH PENALTY FOR BRINGING HUNDREDS OF TRAMADOL INTO EGYPT A young, British woman who brought hundreds of painkillers into Egypt may face the death penalty, The… This Is Streetfolded I Hope You Like It Here! Omega Ministries To Assist Libya Deportees With Tithe And Offerings-General Overseer Little Emmanuella Becomes Freshyo Ambassador Masvinu Wins Most Ugly Man Title For A Fifth Time ADD YOUR EMAIL TO GET OUR LATEST NEWS  Email address... Submit LABEL Latest Entertainment Sports News Health Copyright © 2017 Streetfolded - Template by Arlina Design
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