Over 4,000 shops at the
popular Sabon Gari market in Kano was razed by bfire, leaving property worth billions of
naira burnt to ashes.
The fire, which started between 12:00am of Saturday to 11. 39am, was suspected to have been from an electrical fault.
Efforts by the State Fire Service and
other private companies’ fire fighters could not save the situation as
about 90 per cent of the market was destroyed.
The incident also affected a bank situated within the market and all other stores and shops of the market were burnt.
Smoke clouded Kano horizon as a result of the fire. No life was, however, lost in the outbreak.
The incident also affected a bank situated within the market and all other stores and shops of the market were burnt.
Smoke clouded Kano horizon as a result of the fire. No life was, however, lost in the outbreak.
Following the unprecedented inferno at
Sabon Gari Market, Kano State Commissioner of Environment, Alhaji Ali
Bukar Makoda, suspended the environmental sanitation exercise to enable
firefighters from neighbouring states provide succour.
An eyewitness, Usman Dakata, told THISDAY that “A lot of our goods were burnt and we have lost a lot”.
An eyewitness, Usman Dakata, told THISDAY that “A lot of our goods were burnt and we have lost a lot”.
Our correspondent observed that shop
owners and volunteers thronged the market to assist in stopping the fire
from advancing to the remaining shops that were yet to be affected by
the massive fire incidence.
Credit:Thisday
Director of the state fire service, Alhaji Mustapha Rilwan confirmed the fire
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