Sunday evening in Igbo land is always vibrous with traders and civil servant going around in a happy moon resting after 6 days of intensive struggling and toiling in aba ,onitsha or Owerri the feeling is always the same.

The excitement of Sunday evening in ihiala is always like a celebritive season as people are often seen in a joyous mood with their friends and families enjoying themselves as to say thank God is Sunday.

That was the feeling today at ihiala before the tragedy strucked, it was about 6pm today when youths and adults are busy celebrating their Sunday, some are at various viewing centers in the local govt watching Manchester United and Arsenal March at the old Trafford,ihiala people are great lovers of football it was at this time that a dim smoke was seen coming out from total filling station with people seen running Healtersecata, many thought it was the popular total filling station that was engulfed by fire but report had it that the fire started at a shop beside the filling station where an old woman was trying to taste a kerosene brought by oil bunkers to whom they black market kerosene seller use to buy kerosene from. It was reported that the woman attempt to taste the kerosene to ensure that it was not mixed at the case of aldulterated kerosene have make many people to yurn turned to cooking gas instead of kerosene stove it is normal to taste the kerosene before buying it but today senario turned out to be the worst nightmare as the stick of marches she lighted engulfed the entire plaza with other near by shops,destroying goods worth more than 200,000000 naira.

Every attempt made by people to avoid the fire from getting to the next building failed as the whole three two story building with lockup shops was burnt down.

But the effort of water tanker driver with the people was able to prevent the fire from entering into total filling station which would been the worst as the popular filling station is situated at the federal road.

As at the time of filing this report no life have been claimed to have lost though rumour had it that the old woman who enkindled the fire died but the story is yet to be verified.

The DPO of ihiala police station azia when contacted confirmed the incident but insists no life is lost.

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