Fire has gutted a section of the popular Igbudu Market in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, being the second fire incident recorded in the Market within the last one month.
The fire, which occurred about 3 pm on Sunday, affected a section of the market housing several stores at the Hausa Quarters end of the market.
Witnesses said the two buildings had been razed by the raging inferno before the arrival of firefighters.
The cause of the fire incident could not be ascertained by our correspondent at the time of filing this report.
But it was successfully put out by men of the Warri Fire Service, who later arrived at the scene to combat the inferno.
The Chairman of Warri South Local Government, Dr. Michael Tidi, frowned at the attitude of some youths from the Igbudu community, who threw pebbles at the truck of the Warri Fire Service, for allegedly not responding to the distress calls immediately.
The Council boss said, “This is not the first time we are hearing of this kind of attack from the community people. It is not right and it is something that is condemnable.
“I have told them that we are going to get the leaders of the community to replace the windscreen as well as the side mirror.
“The fire service is not the cause of the fire outbreak and any time they are called upon, they are available to respond.”
