LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Kano State Fire Service has confirmed that fire destroyed some improvised shops and the upper building of the old Savannah Bank at Singer market in Kano.
Spokesman To Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, said the fire started at about 2:18 a.m.
“We received a distress call at midnight at about 02:18 a.m. from one Sai’du Hamza that there was a fire outbreak at the market which is in Fagge local government area of the state,” the fire service official said.
Mr. Abdullahi added: “On receiving the information, we quickly sent some of our personnel and fire fighting vehicles to the scene of the incident at about 02:22 a.m. to put off the fire so as not to affect other shops.”
He further noted that the Fire Service had yet to determine the cause and the precise number of temporary businesses destroyed.
