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Fire in the early hours of Monday gutted the popular Soprom Hotel in Onitsha, Anambra, and destroyed property worth millions of naira.
The spokesman for the state police command, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident to journalists.
He said the started at 4:30 a.m. adding that the force immediately deployed its men to the scene to maintain law order.
The spokesman said: “We got the information at about 4:30 a.m. and our men were quickly deployed to the scene to cordon off the area.
“We don’t want the situation where people will take advantage of the fire incident to steal properties and other valuables.
“The situation is under control; we are happy that no life was loss, our men are still there, the fire service operatives are also there.”
