It look like black yuletide in Edo State over the recent fire outbreaks ravaging markets in the state.
The latest happened on Sunday as fire engulfed the popular Ekiosa market along Murtala Muhammed way as fire consumed goods worth millions of Naira. Over 500 goats, provisions, textile and other stocks in the market were roasted in the inferno which began at about 11am around the area where livestock are sold.
It was gathered that the first floor of Edo development and property agency, EDPA, building near the market was not spared in the inferno.A shop owner who is also a single mother, Mrs Helen Imafidon who wept uncontrollably at the sight of the fire in her shop, told DAILY POST she lost her stock in two shops to the blaze.“Since 11: O clock when the fire began, no rescue. This is not a country. It is a shame, imagine me working hard to provide for my children. My two shops are gone.