Fire on Saturday, razed a storey building housing lock-up shops along Ngwa road by Emejiaka Street Aba, Abia State.

Afriupdate News gathered that the fire which started around 3 pm on Saturday from a clothing shop destroyed property worth millions of Naira.

While the inferno was raging, some residents of adjourning buildings who felt the fire might spread to their buildings, started packing out their household belongings, while others scampered for safety.

Residents resorted to self-help by using buckets to get water from where they could to attempt putting the fire off, as firefighters were nowhere to be found.