{"id":151370,"date":"2025-02-19T09:34:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T08:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/zamfara-fire-engulfs-talata-mafara-central-market-after-gunshot"},"modified":"2025-02-20T23:03:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T22:03:42","slug":"zamfara-fire-engulfs-talata-mafara-central-market-after-gunshot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/zamfara-fire-engulfs-talata-mafara-central-market-after-gunshot","title":{"rendered":"Zamfara: Fire engulfs Talata Mafara central market after gunshot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A fire outbreak at the Talata Mafara Central Market in Zamfara State on Tuesday afternoon left more than 25 people with severe burns, many of whom are currently receiving treatment at the General Hospital in Talata Mafara.<\/p>\n<p>According to security analyst Zagazola Makama, who reported the incident on his official X handle on Wednesday, the fire started around 2:30 p.m. following a gunshot and an explosion, which triggered panic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe heard a loud bang, and then fire spread rapidly across the market. People ran in different directions, but many were caught in the flames,\u201d a trader who witnessed the incident recounted.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the incident, the Zamfara Police Command stated that more than 25 people sustained burns and were immediately evacuated to the hospital for medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>A Dane gun was reportedly recovered at the scene, but no arrests have been made yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe perpetrator may be among the casualties. The investigations are ongoing to determine the cause of the explosion and apprehend those responsible,\u201d the police added<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A fire outbreak at the Talata Mafara Central Market in Zamfara State on Tuesday afternoon left more than 25 people with severe burns, many of whom are currently receiving treatment at the General Hospital in Talata Mafara. According to security analyst Zagazola Makama, who reported the incident on his official X handle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":151369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,15],"tags":[15844,245,254,15845],"class_list":["post-151370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-central-market","tag-fire","tag-nigeria","tag-zamfara-residents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zamfara: Fire engulfs Talata Mafara central market after gunshot - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A fire outbreak at the Talata Mafara Central Market in Zamfara State on Tuesday afternoon left more than 25 people with ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/zamfara-fire-engulfs-talata-mafara-central-market-after-gunshot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zamfara: Fire engulfs Talata Mafara central market after gunshot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A fire outbreak at the Talata Mafara Central Market in Zamfara State on Tuesday afternoon left more than 25 people with ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/zamfara-fire-engulfs-talata-mafara-central-market-after-gunshot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-19T08:34:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-20T22:03:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1739945886.36962.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/zamfara-fire-engulfs-talata-mafara-central-market-after-gunshot#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/zamfara-fire-engulfs-talata-mafara-central-market-after-gunshot\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zamfara: Fire engulfs Talata Mafara central market after gunshot\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-19T08:34:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-20T22:03:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/zamfara-fire-engulfs-talata-mafara-central-market-after-gunshot\"},\"wordCount\":186,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/zamfara-fire-engulfs-talata-mafara-central-market-after-gunshot#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1739945886.36962.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"central market\",\"Fire\",\"Nigeria\",\"Zamfara residents\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/zamfara-fire-engulfs-talata-mafara-central-market-after-gunshot#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/zamfara-fire-engulfs-talata-mafara-central-market-after-gunshot\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/zamfara-fire-engulfs-talata-mafara-central-market-after-gunshot\",\"name\":\"Zamfara: Fire engulfs Talata Mafara central market after gunshot - 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