The fire reportedly started in the early hours of Sunday, with an eyewitness recounting how traders and residents were alerted to the incident around 3 am.

A fire outbreak has ravaged the popular building materials market at Jabi, opposite Chida Hotel, in Abuja, destroying shops and goods worth millions of naira.

The fire reportedly started in the early hours of Sunday, with an eyewitness recounting how traders and residents were alerted to the incident around 3 am.

According to the eyewitness who spoke to the NTA, his brother-in-law received a distress call from one of his colleagues at the plaza informing him that the market was on fire.

He said they immediately rushed to the scene, only to discover that the situation had already become severe.