Mzuzu City Council and the Police are yet to establish the cause of the fire that destroyed Mzuzu main market on Wednesday destroying property worth billions.
The fire started at around 7:30pm and it started from a car park before spreading to a nearby Choma Building in Mzuzu City where Malawians of Asian origin resides.
Though the people escaped unhurt, the fire destroyed most of the property whose value has not yet been established.
Mzuzu City Council deployed firemen with two vehicles but they were overwhelmed as the fire spread to the two buildings, Choma which is close to Mzuzu Bus Depot and Mirza which is opposite Mzuzu Shopping Centre, destroying several goods in the process.
The notable shops and institutions badly damaged in Mirza Building are United Civil Servants Sacco, Bible Society of Malawi, Lords IT and Furniture Centre, Alfattah Investment and Deira Investments among others.
Wednesday’s market fire incident is the sixth in a space of two years in Mzuzu City only. Surprisingly, in all the incidents, the fires have occurred at around the same time and their causes have hardly been clearly explained by anybody.
