Nigeria, April 30 -- A midnight fire on Wednesday morning left hundreds of traders in despair at the Jos Main Market, also known as Terminus Market, in Plateau State.

The fire engulfed a market section where traders resettled after the government chased them away from the roadside last year.

In the section, traders sell used clothes (popularly called Gwanjo or Okrika), shoes and baby clothes in stores constructed with wood and zinc.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the fire began late Tuesday night and raged until early Wednesday morning as traders tried to salvage their goods. The cause of the fire was not determined as of the time of filing this report.

A trader, Misbau Kabara, said he ran to the inferno site around 2 a.m. to help salvag...