Sadness engulfed the residents of Abuja as a fire razed the popular market at Trademore Estate, along Umar Musa Yar’ Adua/Airport Road, on Monday morning.

The incident, which occurred around 4 am, engulfed several stores with goods worth millions.

It was gathered that shop owners rushed to the scene to salvage what they could from the inferno.

An eyewitness who spoke to thenationonlineng.net said, “It is sad. We are not certain about the cause of the fire, but an electrical fault cannot be ruled out.

“Efforts were made to contact both the Federal Fire Service and the Federal Capital Territory Fire Service, but the situation was intense.”

Reporter Adeleke stated that residents finally got hold of the fire service team at Dunamis Church, who arrived at the scene around 5 a.m.

It was said that after a two-hour battle with the fire, personnel from the Federal Fire Service stations at the EFCC and Sauka successfully extinguished the fire.

Efforts to determine the extent of the damage and the source of the fire are still ongoing.

This occurred at a time when the country is facing economic challenges, with many struggling to survive amid the hardship.