Firefighters Battle For Four Hours To Contain Inferno At Abuja’s Jabi Building Materials Market

The fire, which started in the early hours of Sunday, affected several shops at the market located opposite Chida Hotel in the Jabi area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The fire outbreak at the popular building materials market in Jabi, Abuja, has been brought under control after firefighters battled the inferno for about four hours.

The fire, which started in the early hours of Sunday, affected several shops at the market located opposite Chida Hotel in the Jabi area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

However, as of the time of filing this report, the cause of the fire remained unknown.

But some affected shop owners suspect that the inferno may have been triggered by an electrical fault, although there was no official confirmation of the cause.