The popular Mile 1 market in Port Harcourt, Rivers, early morning fire that destroyed properties and goods worth millions of naira.

Eyewitnesses told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the fire started at about 2.00 am on Tuesday and razed the entire make-shift market.

The fire also affected a two storey residential building housing some lock-up stores.


Eze said that the painful aspect was that he just received stock worth N600, 000 for the Christmas sales.

”I just lost everything to the fire,” he said.

Another trader, Mr. Chinecherem Ndubuisi, said he lost electronics worth more than N3 million, adding that starting afresh would be very difficult for him since he did not have enough capital.
 

Others traders told NAN that they did not only lose their goods to the sad incidence , they also lost cash worth several thousands of naira which they left in the market.

Mr. Christopher Uwajeh, , who is an eye witnessed said the Police and men of the State Security Service were at the scene to curtail breakdown of law and order.