The officers and males of the Enugu State and the Federal Fireplace Providers on Saturday extinguished inferno at a bit of the Trendy Timber Market within the state capital.
The Information Company of Nigeria studies that the hearth, which trigger can’t be ascertained, began at about 6p.m. on Saturday.
The Director of the Enugu State Fireplace Service, Mr Okwudiri Ohaa, who can also be the state’s Chief Fireplace Officer, instructed NAN that there was no lack of life within the incident.
He mentioned that it took the fast intervention of the state hearth station available in the market to start out battling the hearth whereas calling for help from the federal hearth service headquarters.
“4 different hearth vans and a water tanker in addition to help from officers and males of the Federal Fireplace Service labored to place the inferno below management.
“Earlier than arriving, as a result of manner stalls are constructed available in the market; a stretch of a line available in the market had been badly affected by the inferno.
“We have been in a position to extinguish it and we’re additionally on floor now to make sure that no remnant of the hearth will resurface.
“We sincerely thank the Federal Fireplace Service for aiding us delay the hearth and forestall additional harm,” he mentioned.
NAN studies that attributable to quite a few hearth incidences available in the market, the state authorities established a fireplace service station available in the market.
NAN
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