2017 Lusaka City market fire

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Time02:00
Date4 July, 2017
Non-fatal injuries0
Missing0
Suspect(s)Non


The 2017 City market fire was a fire accident that occurred at a marketplace in Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia on 4 July 2017.[1][2][3] It is estimated that property worth millions of kwacha has been destroyed in the fire. Initial reports indicate that no one was killed. This is the country’s biggest and busiest market and is one of the many public and private buildings to have been set ablaze in recent months.

The accident

It is unclear how the fire started but preliminary reports indicate that the fire began around 02:00.[4] Early Tuesday morning the Market was found engulfed in fire as shop owners cried helplessly while watching thier property being burn to ashes. The Lusaka City fire fighters were first on the ground trying to save the market.

Response

President Lungu state out that the law will catch up with lawbreakers and those engaging in acts bordering on economic sabotage and that the nation must remain calm and ensure no retaliatory action is taken to worsen the situation. He also stated out that Zambians should remain patient as they await a full report by security services on the fire that has gutted city market.[5] Vice President Inonge Wina also alleged that this was an act of sabotage she also stated out that there will be no mercy to the perpetrators of the crime once they are caught.

Post accident

In the aftermath of the fire, the market has been closed.

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