Traders at the popular market paid thousands if not millions of dirhams to rebuild their shops and also lost millions in destroyed stock. Reem Mohammed / The National
Traders at the popular market paid thousands if not millions of dirhams to rebuild their shops and also lost millions in destroyed stock. Reem Mohammed / The National
Masafi’s fire-ravaged Friday Market may be back to normal but traders still feel after-effects
More than two years on from a blaze that destroyed 13 carpet shops and 16 fruit and veg outlets and normality has returned to the popular market but shop owners are still living with the financial burden of what happened.