Fire razes new Lafia Motor Park, properties worth millions of naira destroyed

Goods worth millions of naira were destroyed following an inferno that razed shops at the new Lafia Motor Park in Nasarawa State.

Journalist, who visited the scene of the incident, learnt that the fire started on  Friday night and lasted till early hours of Saturday.

It, however, took the personnel of Fire Service in the state several hours to put out  the fire.

Speaking on the incident, the State Coordinator of Fire Service, Mrs Hanatu George,  said they got a distress call on Friday night  and responded immediately.

George, however, said that although no life was lost,  investigation had begun to ascertain the cause of the fire.

One of the victims of the fire disaster, Ejike Igwe, a car spare parts seller, said his entire shop was razed by the inferno.

Igwe, who said he could not quantify his goods lost to the fire disaster, appealed for assistance from spirited Nigerians. (NAN).