Traders are now lamenting over their losses worth several million of naira, following destruction caused by a midnight inferno which destroyed over 10 shops at the T-junction area of Rumuagholu Town, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.
It was gathered that the fire started around 2am as a result of an electrical fault from one of the shops when the electricity company in the area restored power
According to an Eye witness,“The fire started midnight so there was no way to get through to the shop owners to come and remove their property.
“We could not rescue anything. Even the fire service we called came, but before they got here the havoc had already been done”.
Also speaking on the fire disaster ,one of the traders claimed he lost bags of rice and other cereals value at over N3.5million in the incident,lamenting that he could not salvage anything
He therefore appealed to the State Government to come to his rescue for financial support
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