Traders are counting their losses after shops and offices were destroyed as fire broke out at the popular Onitsha Main Market, in Anambra State, IGBERETV reports.

According to an eyewitness, the fire broke out early morning of Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in a section of the market known as White House. White House is the office of the leaders of the market, an expansive two-storey building and hosts several offices, halls for meetings in the first and second floor, while the ground floor hosts shops.

"The area mostly affected by the fire is the block of shops under the white house, where expensive lace materials are sold.”, eyewitness said.

Firefighters battled for hours to contain the inferno as some of the traders salvaged their goods while others watched in tears as the fire consumed their shops.

Spokesman of Anambra Command of the Police, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said firefighters and policemen were on ground to control the fire and prevent looting.

A video which captured the fire was shared on Facebook by Udeh Nicholas with the caption;

"Fire alert!

Part of Onitsha main market close to White House is currently on fire. Critically affected area is ogbo George (George depot)"

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The issue of fire at markets all over the country shows how underdeveloped we are operating in this country.


How many markets in Nigeria have, fire alarms/smoke detectors, CCTV cameras to capture some of this incident, in order to minimize further damage?

This is sad, may God replace all their loses. May peace be restored in our country amen..

That market needs redesigning .
Too clustered and add-on by shop owners doesn't help either. Losses recorded at the market lately is too much

This war the Yorubas have started will consume the Yorubas one after the other

IyaebeTheGreat:
This is sad, may God replace all their loses. May peace be restored in our country amen..

Onitsha is not Lagos state

Quick recovery

Ok

Eyah

Millions lost, no insurance

I've been in shock since Saturday, I never believed Yorubas are this evil and tribalistic, I have cool and descent Yoruba friends, now I can't look at them the same way

One fact is obvious to every Igbo man and people of old Eastern region, "Yorubas are your real enemies, not Fulanis"

They will destroy your source of livelihood and kill you if given the chance. Healing from this is impossible.

Urheadmaster:
This war the Yorubas have started will consume the Yorubas one after the other

Mr Man try move on and have sense.... Na na una land be this one ooo... If na Lagos now una go dey cry say Dem born M ni

sorry for the loss..

I pray derr Govt try to compensate them...


I thank God this never happened in Lagos they would av tagged the GOvt say na derr thug and APC destroy dere market nothing wey u fit tell dem dey only believe in dere own Theory...



If fire incident happens in Lagos they are always jumping to conclusions that is the Yoruba always burning dere market...



This was how the GRV guy jumped into conclusion on the Akere market and his people too jumped into conclusion...



I think every big Markets needs a Fire truck 🚒 always on standby where the people in charge do shifting but the Truck must always be there for any emergency wether na day or night the way Police dey stay for check point...

they would blame Yoruba agberos for this.

Urheadmaster:
This war the Yorubas have started will consume the Yorubas one after the other

And if Yoruba started no war all the people falsely accusing Omo Odua shall die, perish and rot in grave


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Turn for the SE

I need 61 likes and nothing else

Everything will be fine

So sad, fire due to neutral failure from mains supply burnt my fridge and nearly burnt my wife's shop.
It was the crate of drinks close by which quenched the fire miraculously because there were broken bottles on the ground.
I think lack of oxygen and suffocation from the spilled drinks helped.

What am I trying to say.

I was careless, very careless.
This could have been prevented by a surge protector.This is basic knowledge.
I could have built an overvoltage and under voltage cut off, but I overlooked it.

If not for those drinks acting as a deluge.
I would have been fucckkeedd.

Fires like this are preventable and Thier prevention system is very cheap.
But just like me , we just don't care.
Things like this will keep on repeating and sorry for the loss won't solve anything.

People need to start taking safety serious
People need to start understanding it is your responsibility to protect yourself, your team and your asset.

If everyone has this mentality, the ratio of this issues will drop significantly, but no as usual

It is the responsibility of God and Government.

We reap what we sow

Na wa o , God should take control

Abeg wetin be the meaning of this " Ara Agbala " wey I dey see everywhere 🙄🙄🙄

Too many fire incidents,let them find a way to avoid this. Most times it is caused by nepa light,wire on top pole will be sparking. Something similar happened last year and it was light that caused it.

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Urheadmaster:
This war the Yorubas have started will consume the Yorubas one after the other


Onitsha is not Lagos state

Afonjas in the southeast have come burn our market o Abeg na play i dey play

May the Govt settle them. The market head should write Soludo asap. To loose hard earned money goods no funny at all

This is terrible, especially now that most businesses are struggling due to scarcity of cash

Urheadmaster:
This war the Yorubas have started will consume the Yorubas one after the other


Onitsha is not Lagos state

Please, respect yourself and know what you say on delicate issues like this.

Don't say it's sarcasm please. People lost their properties and you're here stoking more tribal fire.

This is sabotage! Hope those Igbo folks know what's going on, more fire will be catching their business stronghold except they realize what's going on and take a proactive stance to stop nonsense.

Can't the government of Anambra State install a strong fire prevention and fire fighting strategy in this market? For how long will this continue to happen? Its only in Nigeria that terrible losses continue to happen yet nothing put in place to prevent future occurrence. Very painful!

You knew very well that deaths is a debt you'll pay

Ireportlive:


And if Yoruba started no war all the people falsely accusing Omo Odua shall die, perish and rot in grave

No escape route

Nawa

Oh sorry for the big lost guys, Mr Peter obi your attention is needed for compensation pls , JAGABAN has being compensating many bunt makers for long, obi pls compensate them for the sake of LP.

Thank God this dis not happen in Lagos....
E for Be Yoruba and APC fault