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A fire incident has ravaged 19 shops containing 1,900 bags of assorted grains in Gombi, headquarters of Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The incident occurred at a major grain market in the town, which lies in the northern part of the state. The Secretary of Gombi Market Union, Mallam Umar Nyalli, said Saturday that the fire which spread to cause havoc was ignited by an unknown smoker who threw a burning stick of cigarette at a heap of waste materials close to the shops. Nyalli said the businesses of owners of the affected shops had now been paralysed. “We lost bags of maize, grou…

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