Fire guts Kano market, destroys 80 shops
An early morning fire on Wednesday destroyed six shops and 74 temporary shops at the popular Kurmi Books Market in Kano metropolis, Kano State. Confirming the incident, spokesman of the Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Yusuf Abdullahi, said they received an emergency call form one Aliyu A. Alkasim, who reported the outbreak. Bandits kill 52-year-old […]
An early morning fire on Wednesday destroyed six shops and 74 temporary shops at the popular Kurmi Books Market in Kano metropolis, Kano State.
Confirming the incident, spokesman of the Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Yusuf Abdullahi, said they received an emergency call form one Aliyu A. Alkasim, who reported the outbreak.
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He said their men arrived at the market around 05:27am and they succeeded in putting out the fire from spreading to the whole market.
“With good effort of our men, we successfully saved several shops within the market area. No injury, no live loss. The cause of the incident is under investigation,” he added.