By Patrick Obia
A section of one of the most popular markets in the city of Calabar, Ika Ika Oqua better known as Marian market was gutted by fire in the wee hours of Tuesday 30 August 2022.
The cause of the fire, eyewitnesses, and traders say started about 2am can not be ascertained but some say it is a result of an unquenched fire that emanated from a food vendor’s shop.
There have been mixed reactions following the recent incident with many positing is not ordinary.
Recall that on January 1, 2018, a mysterious inferno which began in the early hours of Monday around 1am affected four lanes of the market.
Similarly, on August 19, 2020, a strange fire razed down shops and goods worth millions of Naira in the fire which started by 7pm
Also, on July 3, 2020, another fire incident razed down shops where fruits were sold just opposite Tuesday’s scene.
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