Wed, 05 Jul 2017 14:16:04 +0000 By CHINTU MALAMBO DISASTER has fallen on Lusaka dwellers following a harrowing inferno that swept through Lusaka City market, destroying property and stalls worth millions of Kwacha. Lusaka city marketeers wailed and watched helplessly yesterday as the ragging inferno swept through the trading area, reducing thousands of stalls to ashes. Men and women, with tears streaming down their faces, stood helplessly and watched as the Fire Brigade officers battled a ferocious inferno that swept through the stands as if it had a life of its own. More than 4,000 stalls are believed to have been destroyed in the fire that gutted Lusaka City Market in the early hours of Tuesday morning, destroying goods worth millions of Kwachas. In an interview with the Daily Nation, an eye witness and affected trader Matthew Lungu, could barely contain his emotions, and tearfully said he had lost his life savings in that he […]
