The Kano State Fire Service has disclosed that a fire on Monday destroyed a number of businesses, including the upper level of the former Savannah Bank in Singer Market.
Saminu Abdullahi, the Fire Service’s public relations officer, revealed the fire began around 2:18 a.m. in a statement.
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He said;
We received a distress call around 2:18am from a man, Sai’du Hamza, that there was fire a incident at the market in Fagge Local Government Area of the state.
On receipt of the information, we quickly dispatched some of our personnel and fire fighting vehicles to the scene of the incident around 2:22am to put off the fire so it would not spread to other adjoining shops.
However, Abdullahi said several temporary shops were completely razed by the fire, adding that the fire service was yet to ascertain the cause and the accurate number of the affected shops.