Massive Fire Engulfs Taiwan Market, Jigjiga’s Largest, Resulting in Property Loss

Taiwan Market, the largest market in Jijiga, the administrative capital of Ethiopia's Somali Region, was engulfed in a fire on Friday night.

The local community has described this incident as devastating and drew a comparison to the previous burning of the Waaheen market in Somaliland last year. A resident in Jigjiga City stated, "This calamity can be likened to the tragic incident that occurred at the Waaheen market in Hargeysa, Somaliland, in April of the preceding year."

While millions of properties were destroyed, fortunately, no fatalities or serious injuries were reported as a result of the fire.

Efforts to extinguish the fire were hindered by delayed arrival of firefighting engines dispatched from Hargeisa, Dirdhabe, and Haraae.