Fire razes building in Kano
Spokesman of the Service, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria , said the fire started at about 5:07 p.m.
“We received a distress call from police officer, Malam Kabiru Umar this evening at about 05:07 p.m. that there was a fire outbreak at a dwelling/store house. “Upon receiving the information, we quickly sent a fire vehicle to the scene at about 05:18 p.m., to bring the situation under control,’’ he said.
Mohammed disclosed that the inferno affected five bedrooms, a parlour and five stores where one of the stores had gas cylinders stored for sale in the building.
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