Fire Damage properties worth of Millions In bakassi

 

A great tragedy occurred in Bakassi as fire burnt properties worth millions of naira to a fire in Ikang market. #voiceofcalabar gather that the mysterious fire started from an over loaded transformer in ikang market, local govt of bakassi…..

The Chairman of the local government area (Elder Mrs. Edisua Usang Iso) while inspecting the extent of damage done by the fire outbreak commented on the effort of the military men who were on hand to ensure that the fire was put under control.

She also expressed shock on how an electric transformer could cause such tragedy explained that several efforts to get the emergency response centre in Calabar  was not successful due to the distance, but however, she thanked God that no live was lost.  And she appealed to the residents as well as shop owners to always volunteer to give useful information where and when necessary in order to have them documented by the council for further attention to restructure the market to a global standard.

Pastor Inok Otu Ita, the leader of the legislative council, express sympathy with the affected victims adding that to avoid reoccurrence, the state government in collaboration with the council was going to put up some measures that would help to prevent the incident from repeating itself and thanked God that no live was lost.

Some of the victims who could not hold back their tears narrated their ordeal and called on the government to come to their aid, and to construct a fire service station in the area to avoid future occurrence.