- Safiu Kehinde
A fire outbreak has, on Saturday, gutted Sokoto Kara market.
The market which housed timbers and grains reportedly engulfed in fire at 12:30 a.m.
While the cause of the fire outbreak is yet to be ascertained, the state fire service is currently battling to contain the inferno from spreading to residential areas.
According to reports, Sokoto markets have been experiencing fire outbreaks with high-level of devastation every blessed year since 2007.
The state central Market and the largest market in the northwest region is still under construction as a result of the fire inferno.