A fire outbreak has gutted a popular hotel in Anambra State known as Soprom Hotel, located in the Nkwelle community, a commercial city of Onitsha.
No one could ascertain the actual cause of the fire, but the inferno which started at about 4:30 am on Monday destroyed properties worth millions of naira.
The Anambra Fire Chief, Engr Martin Agbili, when contacted, was yet to respond but police spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident, saying no life was lost in the inferno and everything is under control.
He said: “We got the information at about 4:30 a. m and our men were quickly deployed to the scene and cordoned off the area.
“We don’t want the situation where people take advantage of the fire incident to make away with properties that are not their own.
“The situation is under control, we are happy that no life was loss, our men are still there, the fire service are also there.”