A statement by the director of the Anambra Fire Service, Martin Agbili, indicated that the inferno started at about 11:30 a.m.
Security operatives were also said to be on the ground to prevent people from scooping fuel.
“The building was seriously burnt by the fire, but no life was lost during the firefighting.”
Fire has gutted a warehouse in a three-storey building at 64 Venn Road in Onitsha.
An early morning fire has gutted the popular Soprom Hotel in Onitsha, Anambra, with property worth millions of naira lost to the inferno.
An early morning fire razed a two-storey building housing the Onitsha main market police station and shops selling lace fabrics on Tuesday.
Fire on Monday gutted the Nodu Okpuno Mata foam depot in Anambra.
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“We managed to escape the mob attack with our shattered windscreen and some injured firefighters.”
The fire chief said that the cause of the fire is suspected power surge, saying that no life was lost during the fire incident.
The fire chief said a lot were saved as they prevented the fire from spreading to other shops around the fire incident scene.
