Fire guts 15 shops in Anambra community

• Published date: 19 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

Not less than 15 shops have been razed by fire in Isuanuocha community, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra state.

Goods worth millions were reportedly destroyed by the inferno which started at about 12am on Wednesday.

The Nation gathered that it took the intervention of neighbors to extinguish the fire after several unsuccessful phone calls put across to the State Fire Service.

Some of the victims, who spoke to our correspondent appealed to Federal, State government as well as wealthy individuals to coming to their rescue as some of them might be forced to take their own lives over the shock.

Narrating his ordeal, Okafor Somadina said they were fast asleep when some of them were alerted by security guard on duty who noticed the fire from one of the shops.

'Immediately we were alerted, a few of us who had phone numbers of the state fire service started calling them, but, regrettably, they didn't respond,' he said.

Another victims, Mrs. Florence Ekemezie, a restaurant owner, said she lost four deep freezers, five standing fans, two refrigerators, a generating set, cartons of drinks, coolers, plates, and other valuables in her four shops.

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