Fire Guts Nasarawa Police Plaza, Destroys Properties Worth Millions

Fresh information has emerged revealing that a fire outbreak at the POWA Plaza, Jos road, Lafia, Nasarawa State, has destroyed properties worth millions of naira.

Naija News reports that an eyewitness told Punch that the fire outbreak was caused by an electric spark in one of the shops around 1 am on Tuesday morning.

According to the eyewitness, most burnt properties in the plaza belong to the Nigeria Police Force in the state.

The source explained that lots of properties were burnt before the intervention of the Nasarawa State Fire Service officials, adding that the fire wasn’t totally quenched until about 7 am this morning.

The eye witness also disclosed that more than seven tailoring shops in the plaza was burnt down to ashes.

The eyewitness said: “The fire began around 1 am on Tuesday morning. It burnt properties worth millions of naira before the fire service people came.

“They still could not completely put out the fire until 7 am this morning when they sent some more firefighters to the place.

“More than seven shops were affected. A tailoring shop, a boutique, a solar shop and other big businesses were burnt to ashes.

“I wonder how the business owners will survive after this huge loss that they have encountered. The government should see how to help them out of the situation.”

The POWA Plaza is reported to be beside the Office of the Area Commander of the Nigeria Police Force, Lafia, and opposite the 2023 campaign office of Governor Abdullahi Sule.