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JUST IN: Fire guts Dutse ultra modern market

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Apr 09, 2021

An early Friday morning fire incident had gutted Dutse Ultra modern market in Dutse local Government area of Jigawa State.

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Eyewitness told newsmen that fire outbreak started at about 5:30 am, destroying properties worth millions of Naira.

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The incident gulped an entire rubber factory situated close to ice block producers' shops.

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Spokesman of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, SC. Adamu Shehu confirmed the incident to newsmen

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He said that the fire incident originated from a burning garbage very close to the factory.

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Adamu explained that there was no report of lost of life or injuries but property worth millions of Naira was consumed by the inferno.

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He said It took the combined efforts of NSCDC personnel, Fire Service and good Samaritans to quench the fire.

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Earlier, the command had advised the public to always apply precaution measures by switching-off all electrical appliances in their homes, shops and palaces of work to prevent such ugly occurances.

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This is coming few weeks after fire incidents rocked markets in Sokoto, Katsina, Zamfara and Onitsha.

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