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==The accident==
==The accident==
It is unclear how the fire started and it is also unclear what time it started some reports that it stared around 02:00<ref>{{cite news|title=BREAKING NEWS!!! Lusaka City Market On Fire (PICTURES) |url= http://www.zambianobserver.com/breaking-news-lusaka-city-market-on-fire/ |work= Zambian Observes|location=zambianobserver.com |date=4 July 2017|accessdate=2017-07-04}}</ref> 04:30<ref name=SSS/> and also 05:20. While a police report reported that the fire started aroound 05:20 hours from one of the shops on the southern part of the market in the area called Dark yellow shops, an area where stationery and mobile phones are sold.<ref>{{cite news|title= police are yet to ascertain the cause of the fire|url=http://www.zambianobserver.com/police-are-yet-to-ascertain-the-cause-of-the-fire/ |work= zambianobserver.com |location= Lusaka Zambia |date=4 July 2017|accessdate=2017-07-04}}</ref> In early hours of Tuesday morning the Market was found engulfed in fire as shop owners cried helplessly while watching thier property being burn to ashes. The [[Lusaka City fire fighters]] were first on the ground trying to save the market.
It is unclear how the fire started and it is also unclear what time it started same report that the fire stared around 02:00<ref>{{cite news|title=BREAKING NEWS!!! Lusaka City Market On Fire (PICTURES) |url= http://www.zambianobserver.com/breaking-news-lusaka-city-market-on-fire/ |work= Zambian Observes|location=zambianobserver.com |date=4 July 2017|accessdate=2017-07-04}}</ref> 04:30<ref name=SSS/> and also 05:20. While a police report reported that the fire started aroound 05:20 hours from one of the shops on the southern part of the market in the area called Dark yellow shops, an area where stationery and mobile phones are sold.<ref>{{cite news|title= police are yet to ascertain the cause of the fire|url=http://www.zambianobserver.com/police-are-yet-to-ascertain-the-cause-of-the-fire/ |work= zambianobserver.com |location= Lusaka Zambia |date=4 July 2017|accessdate=2017-07-04}}</ref> In early hours of Tuesday morning the Market was found engulfed in fire as shop owners cried helplessly while watching thier property being burn to ashes. The [[Lusaka City fire fighters]] were first on the ground trying to save the market.


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