Fire gutted the popular Ogbe-Ijoh Market in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, destroying goods worth millions of naira.
The market is well known to be one of the biggest fish markets in the country.
Although the cause of the fire incident was sketchy as of the time of filing this report, residents and shop owners were seen running helter skelter to rescue what was left of their goods.
Firefighters from the State Fire Service reportedly came deployed in the market to put off the raging fire before it could escalate to other sections of the market.
Chairman of Warri South Local Government Area, Micheal Tidi, confirmed the incident to Channels Television via telephone on Sunday.
He said the fire which started about 2 pm on Sunday, was triggered by a mentally-challenged woman who was clearing refuse on the market premises.
According to the Chairman, the fire spread beyond the dry refuse and then onto other shops in the market after the woman began to cook and walked away briefly.
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