LAGOS, Nigeria VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Kano State Fire Service has rescued seven persons trapped under a collapsed wall at the Malam Kato Square by Sufaye Store in the Kano metropolis.
The Public Relations Officer of the Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement to journalists on 4 June.
He said the incident occurred on the previous day.
“We received a distress call from one Bashir Mansur around 5.43 pm that a wall had collapsed.
“Upon receiving the information, we quickly dispatched firemen to the scene around 5.47 pm,” he said.
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Abdullahi added that one side of the wall at the Square collapsed and affected seven people.
He identified some victims as Abubakar Abdullahi, 30, Abdulsalam Idris, 20, Usman Abdullahi, 20, Usaini Muhammed, 30 and Umar Isah, 40.
According to him, the fire operatives rescued all the victims alive, adding that five of them with minor injuries were conveyed to the Abdullahi Wase Teaching Hospital, while two others with severe injuries were referred to the Albarka Clinic for medical attention.
He noted that no life was lost, adding that the cause of the collapse was under investigation.
