Fire in the early hours of Tuesday broke out at Onitsha main market, in Anambra State.
Main Market, Onitsha, is said to be the biggest market in West Africa, and hosts a large population of traders, who are mainly importers of goods.
According to a source, Mr Barth Ifediora, who raised alarm, the fire broke out early morning of Tuesday, in a section of the market known as White House.
White House is the office of the leaders of the market, an expansive two-storey building and hosts several offices, halls for meetings in the first and second floor, while the ground floor hosts shops.
“The area mostly affected by the fire is the block of shops under the white house, where expensive lace materials are sold,” The source said:
Traders have, however, mobilized to the market to fight the fire.
