Vehicles and shops have been destroyed in a fire outbreak on Thursday at Muda Lawal market in Bauchi metropolis.
Spokesman of the State Fire Service, Abubakar Bala, said the fire started after an overloaded truck with mattresses collided with an electricity pole.
He said fire fighters have put out the fire.
Chairman of Muda Lawal Market, Baba Maigaji, alleged that a 5-year-old boy was killed in the fire.
“We recorded huge losses in the fire outbreak, a 5-year-old boy who was sleeping in one of the shops in the market during the fire incident died,” he said.
“So far, 17 shops, eight cars, 11 motorcycles and one Keke NAPEP were burnt in the inferno.”
The fire service spokesman did not say if there were human casualties.
