The Head of Operations Dahiru Yusuf received a distress call from the Director of Delta SEMA on the fire disaster in a market, Custom Market also called Hausa Market in Asaba, Delta State.
The incident occurred at about 1AM on 7th February 2024.
The NEMA Team was led by the Head of Operations Dahiru Yusuf and was received by the Director EDO SEMA. The Team was conducted round the market on the spot assessment.
The leader of the Market Umar Usama informed the team that one thousand two hundred shops of the traders of different goods were completely burnt by the inferno.
He said that the cause of the fire was due to gas explosion.
He appealed to the federal government through NEMA to come to their aid.
7 2.2024