A mysterious fire outbreak have destroyed properties worth billions of Naira in the popular Katsina Central Market, Katsina State.
It was gathered that the men of the State Fire Service are still battling to contain the inferno which started around 8:30 AM on Monday.
By the time the market was opened, the fire had consumed more shops.
Traders and other good Samaritans are also assisting officials of the fire fighting department to quench the inferno.
The State Commissioner of Information, AlbdulKareem Sirika whose ministry supervises the Fire Service Department said the state government has deployed its fire fighting trucks from all parts of the state to the Central Market, Katsina, to put out the fire.
Sirika who is also at the market alongside Fire Service department officials urged people of the state to remain calm.