Numerous shops and some cars were on Thursday evening gutted by fire following an inferno that engulfed at the popular Ubakala junction in Umuahia South LGA, Abia State.
An eyewitness confimred that the fire emanated from a shop where diesel and other petroleum products were stored by a roadside vendor.
He said the unnamed petrol dealer had unknowingly taken candlelight to one of the shops where the petroleum products were stored, leading to a fire outbreak.
All the cars parked in a nearby mechanic workshop, as well as nearby shops, were all affected.
In the meantime, at at least one person was seriously injured resulting from the burn.
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