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Goods worth millions destroyed in Biu Main Market Fire outbreak

A mysterious fire outbreak on Saturday morning razed down some shops in Biu Main Market, Borno state destroying goods worth millions of naira.

Biu local government area is the headquarters of Southern Borno Senatorial District and about 180km drive from Maiduguri, the state capital.

It will be recalled that three weeks ago, Sunday, 26th February 2023, just a few hours after the Presidential elections, Maiduguri Monday Market was razed down with thousands of shops and goods worth billions of naira destroyed.

Nigeriacrime.com gathered that the Biu Market inferno started in the morning at about 8:30 am, where some yet to be ascertained number of shops were affected including portions of Timber shed within the market.”

It was learned that no life was lost, even as some few sustained various degrees of injuries, but with support from some members of the public and men of the firefighters put off the fire from further destruction.

Biu is the hometown of the Deputy Governor, Umar Usman Kadafur.

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