Popular Benin Market, Santana Market On Fire (Video)

Santana market, a popular market in Benin City, Edo State, southern Nigerian is currently on fire.

YaahooJournalist reports that the Santana market is located along Benin-Sapele road, Benin City, the capital of Edo State.

Details of what caused the fire which started Saturday midnight could not be immediately ascertained by this online news medium.

gathered that efforts to reach the Edo State Fire Service were unsuccessful, as their known phone lines refused to connect.

Meanwhile, as at the time of filing this report, residents of the area could be seen in several videos on Twitter, besieging the market watching helplessly.

Watch the video of the fire out break at Santana below…

Santana Market Sapele Riad, Benin City on fire last night. Number of casualties is still unknown. pic.twitter.com/Zt2HrSWgBB

— 👸🏾🇳🇬🇨🇭Duchess of Warri🥇🌍(Frau E. Padrutt) (@duchessofwarri) October 20, 2019

Another fire outbreak in a popular market in Benin called Santana market. This is saddening! pic.twitter.com/NKzV1H7YU7

— ABUJA PIKIN 🇳🇬 (@potam1304) October 20, 2019