In 1990 fire raged from Hai ’ an Road to You ’ ai Street. Many old establishments were destroyed, and others moved away in droves. In 1993, work on the planned construction of an underground shopping mall beneath Hai ’ an Road brought the market down, and an elementary school took over what remained of the site.
而沙卡里巴市場則因多是老舊木造建築，發生過多次大火，1990 年一次嚴重大火從海安路延燒到友愛街，許多老舖毀於一旦，紛紛搬離，1993 年因海安路地下街改建計畫市場被拆除，現址已改建為小學。