Some parts of the expansive Katsina Central Market were on Monday gutted by fire.
ABN TV learnt the fire started around 7 am from the side of the shops that house grinding machines and foodstuff sellers.
The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained but some traders at the market told our correspondent that it might have been caused by smoking of cigarettes.
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Men of the State and Federal Fire Service stations were still battling to put out the fire as at the time of filing the report.
Details shortly…