An inferno has razed tailoring shops at the new modern market in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, destroying goods worth millions of naira.
Upon newsmen’s visit, the scene of the incident on Friday evening, it was gathered that the fire started on Thursday night at about 9:30 pm and lasted till the early hours of Friday.
It was, however, difficult for the personnel of the Nasarawa State Fire Service to put off the fire owing to the heaps of refuse dumps in and around the marketplace.
It was further observed that the intense heat of the raging inferno repeatedly drove back the firefighters and delayed their efforts to bring the situation under control.
