FiRE RIPS THROUGH BUSEKO MARKET, MILLIONS WORTH OF PROPERTY DESTROYED

FiRE RIPS THROUGH BUSEKO MARKET, MILLIONS WORTH OF PROPERTY DESTROYED Lusaka, Zambia – Zambia’s largest timber market, Buseko Market, is on fire. Report by: Emison Ng’andu The inferno broke out this evening and has so far destroyed goods worth millions of Kwacha, reducing stalls, timber, and other merchandise to ashes. Firefighters from Lusaka City Council […]

FiRE RIPS THROUGH BUSEKO MARKET, MILLIONS WORTH OF PROPERTY DESTROYED

Lusaka, Zambia – Zambia’s largest timber market, Buseko Market, is on fire.

Report by: Emison Ng’andu

The inferno broke out this evening and has so far destroyed goods worth millions of Kwacha, reducing stalls, timber, and other merchandise to ashes.

Firefighters from Lusaka City Council are currently on the scene battling to contain the blaze. The full extent of the damage is yet to be established.

No casualties have been reported yet, but traders are counting huge losses as flames continue to consume shops.

Authorities are yet to establish the cause of the fire.

More details to follow…