it's a day of sorrow, sadness and gnashing of teeth for shop owners and traders in Bida's 'Big' market as they lost goods and properties worth several millions of naira to a raging inferno with razed down the market to ground level. it's unclear what triggered the fire which started at around 8pm yesterday and still has pockets of flames around the market as at the time of making this post. although the township fire service as well as the federal polytechnic's fire service tried to contain the raging inferno, the intensity of the flames overwhelmed them. in the end nothing could be salvaged and the once bubbly and ever busy market was reduced to mere rubbles and twisted roofing sheets. my heart goes to the shop owners (some of who are currently on admission at the federal medical centre for shock). below are some camera shots taken: