NEMA concludes emergency response after fire outbreak at Jos Terminus market

The National Emergency Management Agency has concluded its coordinated exigency effect pursuing a occurrence incidental astatine the Jos Terminus Market.

The improvement was disclosed successful a connection shared connected the agency’s authoritative leafage connected March 15 2026.

According to the agency, the occurrence broke retired a fewer minutes earlier 10pm connected Saturday, March 14, successful a conception of the marketplace located successful Jos North Local Government Area.

A associated appraisal carried retired by NEMA and different responding agencies aft the incidental showed that respective impermanent stalls and lock-up shops were either partially oregon wholly destroyed by the fire.

Preliminary findings indicated that the occurrence whitethorn person been triggered by a powerfulness surge.

Emergency responders, including the Federal Fire Service and the Plateau State Fire Service, deployed occurrence engines to the country and were capable to incorporate the blaze earlier it dispersed to different sections of the market.

Fortunately, nary fatalities oregon superior injuries were reported during the incident.

Speaking during the effect operation, the Head of NEMA, Jos Operations Office, Bintu Wana, conveyed the sympathy of the agency’s Director-General, Zubaida Umar, to traders affected by the fire.

“The Head of NEMA, Jos Operations Office, Hajiya Bintu Wana, who led the NEMA, besides conveyed the sympathy of the Director-Gene...