Traders count losses as fire guts Abuja market

Fire has razed the Karu market in the federal capital territory (FCT). 

The incident occurred late Thursday after traders had closed for the day. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

Goods and properties worth millions of naira have been destroyed by the inferno.

Bemoaning her ordeal to journalists, one of the traders called on the government to come to their aid.

“Everything just got burnt. I don’t know where to start. This is where we feed from, pay rent and where I pay my children’s school fees from. It’s all gone. Over N20 million gone,” she said.

In March, a section of the popular Wuse market in Abuja was gutted by fire.

The fire was said to have been caused by some aggrieved youths.

The youths were protesting the death of a young man during a clash between officials of the FCT task force and some traders.