Fire, on Saturday evening, gutted the Ogbo Osisi (Timber Market) in Onitsha, Anambra State, and destroyed several shops and goods.
Head of the State’s fire service, Martin Agbili, confirmed the incident to journalists in Awka.
He said the cause has not been ascertained.
Agbili added that men of the State fire service and other emergency responders had been mobilized to the scene of the incident.
The timber market fire is the second major fire incident in the State, after a similar incident had razed a section of the medicines market.