Apongbon Bridge: Traders count losses, begin evacuation after market fire

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The ever-busy section of the bridge has been reduced to ashes as many traders wondered where to start from after the fire incident...

“Your shop is burning,” the caller at the other end said.Mr Adodo said he quickly put on some clothes and dashed out of his house, towards Apongbon where his shop is located under the bridge.

Mr Adodo told this newspaper that the government fire operatives, alongside fire officials from the United Bank for Africa fought to quench the fire that lasted for many hours.The ever-busy section of the bridge has been reduced to ashes as many traders wondered where to start from.Mr Omooba said he did a “night watch” on the morning of the incident. He claimed the fire started from a trader’s shop that sells ‘chemical tablets.

“I left my former place because of a fire incident about 15 years ago. We lost billions here,” he said. She noted that she didn’t receive any quit notice letter but heard on television that the federal government has given them till the end of the month to evacuate the area. “We want the government to show us mercy. Some of the traders are widows, breadwinners in their families. Some traders have goods as high as 70 million, 30 million.”At the market on Friday, traders were seen standing, some were sitting and watching as their container shops were being taken into a nearby truck in what seemed like an evacuation move.

 

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