Timber traders in Imo have lamented severe losses resulting from a fire accident at the popular Timber market, along Wethedral road, Owerri, the state capital.
Some of the traders who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondent in Owerri, on Monday, said that the inferno which started at about 1.30am on Saturday, Dec. 24, consumed over 200 shops and goods worth over N4 billion.
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A NAN Correspondent who visited the market reports that the fire was still raging in some parts of the market at about 1.00pm on Monday, despite efforts by operatives of the Federal Fire Service to quench it. (NAN)