{"id":65089,"date":"2025-04-30T09:13:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T09:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=65089"},"modified":"2025-04-30T09:13:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T09:13:37","slug":"midnight-fire-ravages-jos-terminus-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/30\/midnight-fire-ravages-jos-terminus-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Midnight Fire Ravages Jos Terminus Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A fierce fire swept through the iconic Jos Terminus Market overnight, reducing several sections to rubble and destroying goods worth millions of naira.<\/p>\n<p>The blaze, which erupted shortly after 11 pm on Tuesday, raged for hours before firefighters were able to contain it in the early hours of Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Traders arrived to scenes of devastation, with rows of shops gutted and livelihoods in ruins.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses described a chaotic night as flames leapt through the market, intensified by tightly packed stalls and flammable goods.<\/p>\n<p>Panic gripped the area as security and emergency responders battled the inferno.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are yet to confirm the cause of the fire, but investigations are expected to begin immediately. Many affected business owners are calling for urgent government support and tighter safety measures.<\/p>\n<p>The Jos Terminus Market is one of Plateau State\u2019s busiest trading centres, making the incident a major economic setback for the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal A fierce fire swept through the iconic Jos Terminus Market overnight, reducing several sections to rubble and destroying goods worth millions of naira. The blaze, which erupted shortly after 11 pm on Tuesday, raged for hours before firefighters were able to contain it in the early hours of Wednesday. Traders arrived to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":65090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-65089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65091,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65089\/revisions\/65091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}