Why Abuja market fire wasn’t put out on time

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FEMD said firefighting trucks arrived at the scene of the fire on time but could not gain access to the market to put out the fire on time.

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She said the fire started around 6:30 p.m. but was brought under control by the combined team of FEMD, FCT Fire Service, Federal Fire Service and Julius Berger Fire Service.She, however, explained that it was not the new Karu Market currently under construction that was engulfed by the fire, but an informal market and settlement behind the new market.

“We had to break walls to pass the firefighting water hoses through, to be able to put out the fire,” the acting DG said.She further said that personnel of the Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Army and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps were also on ground for crowd control.

 

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