A yet-to-be-identified Marijuana smoker, yesterday allegedly started a fire that razed about ten shops in the popular Swali Ultra Modern Market in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. It took the intervention of the State Fire Service to bring the fire that lasted for about 30 minutes and consumed goods worth millions of Naira under control. He further explained that “this afternoon some parts of the market got burnt. As we have gathered, the fire started from a refuse dump site across the fence of the market. “And from there the fire razed about ten buildings to the ground and partially burning several others, leaving goods worth millions of Naira destroyed.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 24, 2020 15:45 UTC