By Damilare Adeleye
A fire outbreak has engulfed the Sokoto Central market on Monday morning.
It was learnt that the motorcycle section of the market is being affected by the inferno.
An eyewitness disclosed that the fire started early Monday morning, but its cause is yet to be ascertained.
Meanwhile, another source revealed that the Sokoto Central market fire emanated from a dump site close to the motorcycle section.
Reacting, the chairman of Motorcycles Marketers Association, Shehu Muhammad, said they could not quantify the number of motorcycles destroyed by fire because the fire was still raging.
“We cannot quantify the number of motorcycles burnt down by the fire now because the fire is still raging.
“But many people lost their shops along with their motorcycles because they could not come in time as the fire started around 6am.
“But men of the federal and state fire services are currently battling, but I know it will take some time before they can quench it all,” he said.