{"id":1010,"date":"2020-04-06T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T07:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1010"},"modified":"2026-05-15T10:52:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:52:05","slug":"fire-destroys-shops-in-gwagwalada-main","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/?p=1010","title":{"rendered":"Fire Destroys Shops, Houses In Gwagwalada Main Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEikRF-mZmfs5-zFUw1kXLkcXx-MlW_NqR51T0JLe9Dtd6dHcfzt2GdvGh3GAdevcxAMcnDDmJ2reQY6Ir-gfQAJbMNakh21xxSGgeoA7HZ92vxCEGlQlBubhYcKMwsZEz9GA7OTQUQd21k\/s1600\/fire-houses-burnt-768x512.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fire-houses-burnt-768x512-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fire-houses-burnt-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fire Destroys Shops, Houses In Gwagwalada Main Market - Image 1\" title=\"Fire Destroys Shops, Houses In Gwagwalada Main Market - Image 1\" class=\"wp-image-1011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fire-houses-burnt-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifestylegist.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fire-houses-burnt-768x512-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nReport says, a mid-night fire dilapidated part of Gwagwalada main market and destroyed goods worth millions of naira.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nAccording to a trader and eye witness, Haliru Usman, reported the incident happened around 1:25am yesterday, while he was at home.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nHe added that, some people called to inform&nbsp; him about the fire outbreak and he quickly rushed to the market to discover that 10 shops had already been destroyed.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nHe further said his shop was not really affected&nbsp; by the fire, as the fire fighters arrived the scene on time while residents had brought detergents to help in putting out the fire.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nIn thesame vein, a victim, Muhammed Sani Galadima, revealed&nbsp; to the newsmen that the incident happened around 1:48 pm when he was in the mosque praying.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nHe added that, his wife&nbsp; was not at home and&nbsp; before he arrived home, all his viable properties were burnt to ashes, adding that he and his neighbors could not retrieve anything from the apartments.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nMeanwhile, the chairman of the council,&nbsp; Adamu Mustapha, has visited the market and sympathized with traders whose shops were affected by the fire as well as the market management.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nHe thereafter assured those affected that a committee will be set up to ascertain the level of damage with a view to assisting the victims.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nIt should be noted that the entire market was shut down last week following government directive to close markets as a measure to contain coronavirus and as at the time of filing this report the cause of the outbreak is unknown.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Report says, a mid-night fire dilapidated part of Gwagwalada main market and destroyed goods worth millions of naira. 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