By Terna Chikpa, Jalingo
Over 30 provision shops at the roadblock area of Jalingo the Taraba State capital have been razed down by fire on Saturday morning.
PERISCOPE NIGERIA reports that the actual cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, as some shop owners were blaming the black marketers of cooking Gas within the premises, while some were blaming the iron welder.
Our correspondent also reports that angry youths descended on the men of the fire service when they arrived the scene about 30 minutes after they were informed, and they immediately drove out of the scene leaving the fire unquenched.
Following the threat purse on the Okacha and MRS fuel stations as well as other business units around the area, men of the Nigeria police force mobilised by using teargas to dispace the youths in order to allow the fire service men return and stop the fire from escalating.
