{
  "id": 4493427,
  "title": "BREAKING: Fire Ravages Abuja’s Jabi Building Materials Market, Destroys Goods",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/breaking-fire-ravages-abujas-jabi-building-materials-market-destroys",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T08:09:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sahara Reporters",
    "slug": "sahara-reporters",
    "url": "https://saharareporters.com/2026/08/30/breaking-fire-ravages-abujas-jabi-building-materials-market-destroys-goods"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A devastating fire broke out in Abuja's Jabi Building Materials Market early Sunday morning, destroying shops and goods worth millions of naira. Eyewitnesses reported being alerted to the fire around 3 am. The eyewitness, whose brother-in-law owns part of the affected plaza, rushed to the scene upon receiving a distress call from a colleague. Upon arrival, they discovered the situation had already escalated. The eyewitness revealed that only one of the two shops and the packing store owned by his brother-in-law survived the inferno. Roofing materials worth over N20 million were entirely destroyed, including recently restored ones. Despite the extensive damage, the eyewitness expressed gratitude that no lives were lost in the incident. The cause of the fire remains unknown at this time. The full extent of damage to other businesses within the popular Jabi building materials market is yet to be determined.",
  "summary": "BREAKING: Fire Ravages Abuja’s Jabi Building Materials Market, Destroys Goods The fire reportedly started in the early hours of Sunday, with an eyewitness recounting how traders and residents were alerted to the incident around 3 am.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Trust",
        "title": "Shops, goods destroyed as fire razes Abuja market",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/shops-goods-destroyed-as-fire-razes-abuja-market",
        "published": "2026-08-30T11:26:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Goods worth millions of naira destroyed as fire razes Abuja building materials market",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/goods-worth-millions-of-naira-destroyed-as-fire-razes-abuja-building",
        "published": "2026-08-30T11:49:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Obi sympathises with victims of Abuja market fire",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/obi-sympathises-with-victims-of-abuja-market-fire",
        "published": "2026-08-30T13:50:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}