3 killed in Bakara inferno, millions lost
An inferno that gutted a section of Mogadishu's Bakara market killed three people on Monday, medical officials confirmed.
The fire started before dawn spreading across the market and into the close residential areas.
Firefighters fought for hours on to put out the fire whose cause remained unknown.
Traders say they lost goods worth millions of dollars following the inferno.
This is the second case of fire at the bakara market i a period not exceeding a month.