Black Sunday! Shops, properties destroyed as fire breaks out at popular Maiduguri market [PHOTOS]

Hundreds of shops have been razed by a fire outbreak at a popular Monday market in Maiduguri, Borno state.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the fire started in the early hours of Sunday.

Some of the shops affected included those housing consumables such as tomatoes, boutiques, poultry products, and second-used clothes among others.

Fire service personnel were still making efforts to curtail its spread as of the time of this report.

Here are some of the pictures from the incident: