A fire that broke out in the early hours of Sunday destroyed shops and goods valued at millions of naira at Eda Plaza, a building materials market opposite Chida Hotel in Jabi, Abuja.
Footage shared by the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) showed traders scrambling to rescue what they could from the flames.
An eyewitness, who spoke to NTA on condition of anonymity, said the alarm was raised around 3:00 a.m. after his brother-in-law—who owns two shops and a packing store in the plaza received a distress call from a colleague at the market.
No casualties were reported.“We were at home this morning, as early as 3:00 a.m., and my brother-in-law received a call from one of his colleagues here in the plaza that the plaza was on fire. So we had to rush down there. On getting here, we discovered that the situation was so bad,” the eyewitness recounted.
By the time they arrived, the blaze had already spread widely. Only one of the two shops belonging to his brother-in-law survived; the second shop and the packing store were completely gutted.
The witness estimated that roofing materials alone worth more than ₦20 million were lost, noting that some of the stock had only been delivered the previous night.
As of the time of this report, the Federal Capital Territory Fire Service had yet to comment on the incident.
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