According to Paul Jnr Maliou, the Lucky Winner Supermarket and Yummy Kaibar "all burnt down".
Town residents helplessly watched as the fire destroyed the Chinese-owned shops.
"There is a fire station here but their fire truck has been in the workshop for some time now.
"Higaturu Oil Palm firefighting unit was called down to assist but most of the chain of buildings were already burnt down," Maliou said.
Another resident who spoke to Loop PNG, said: "Luckily it (fire) did not reach the fuel service station."
