The Kano State Fire Service Monday confirmed that four shops were destroyed by fire at Kofar Ruwa Yan-Rodi Market in Dala local government area.
The service said in a statement that the cause of the fire, which occurred Sunday at 10:49 p.m., was unknown, but investigation had begun.
The Public Relations Officer (PRO), Alhaji Saidu Muhammad of the fire service, confirmed the fire in the statement made available to newsmen in Kano.
“We received a distress call Sunday at about 10:49 p.m from Emergency Communication Centre (ECC) that there is fire outbreak at the market.
”We quickly sent some personnel and fire fighting vehicles to the scene at about 10:55 pm to stop it from spreading to other shops,” Muhammad said.
He said one of the shops was completely razed, while two others with three vehicles were slightly burnt.
He said there were no casualties, but property whose value had not been estimated, were lost to the fire.
In another development, the service spokesman said three shops were slightly burnt and one Usman Muhammed was trapped at Dorayi Chiranchi in Gwale local government.
“It is a shop used for exchange and selling of gas cylinder. We received a call from Muhammed (victim) at about 11:46 a.m. that there is fire outbreak at Dorayi.
”Our personnel got to the scene at about 11:54 a.m to save the victim and stop the fire from spreading to other shops,’’he said.
The spokesman said the victim was rescued, but sustained slight injury and was handed over to his family to take to the hospital for treatment.
He advised traders to be more careful and desist from using instruments capable of triggering fire and also guard against recurrence.
Muhammed called on residents to keep fire buckets, blankets and extinguishers at home to enable them curtail outbreak before calling on the service. (NAN)
