Traders count losses as midnight fire guts Rivers timber market
Shop owners and traders at the Timber Market in the Marine Base axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Traders woke up to see their merchandise all in flames following a midnight fire.
It was learnt that the fire started from the casket section of the market about midnight breaking into Thursday, even as those affected said no firefighter has been seen at the sight as of the time of filing this report.
the inferno about 7;30am, observed that the fire was still seen in some parts of the wood section.