Fire destroyed goods believed to be worth millions of naira on Thursday morning at Watt, a popular market in Calabar, Cross River.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the fire, which was said to have started around 2 am affected at least six shops in the shopping complex where the fire incident occurred.
The Commanding Officer, Calabar Command, Federal Fire Service, Mrs Olumayowa Olomola, while confirming the incident to newsmen, pointed out that the fire was caused by a power surge in one of the shopping malls at the market.
Olomola, who could not give an estimate of the goods destroyed in the affected shops, however, said that the shops were well stocked.
She stated that if not the timelly intervention her team; the fire would have affected more shops.
Olomola said, “Our response was timely and we could only prevent the fire from spreading beyond the six affected shops.
“My advice is that we should always adopt preventive measures by ensuring we put off all appliances to avoid incidents like this.”
