Fire guts shops, classrooms in Kano’s Rijiyar Zaki — Fire service

A hearth outbreak on Sunday afternoon gutted a number of retailers, autos, and lecture rooms at Rijiyar Zaki Kwanar Yan Kifi space of Kano, the Kano State Hearth Service has confirmed.

Based on a press release signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Service, ACFO Saminu Yusif Abdullahi, the incident was reported at precisely 1:53 p.m. by one Hamza Muhammad.

The emergency was swiftly responded to by hearth crews from the headquarters, Rijiyar Zaki, and Bompai stations.

“Upon arrival, our males discovered {that a} ground-floor constructing measuring about 100 by 50 toes, used for a number of companies, had caught hearth,” Abdullahi said.

“Three retailers in entrance of the constructing, three autos, seven lecture rooms, one workplace, and two bogs have been affected by the blaze.”

He defined that the hearth began when fuel cylinders have been offloaded from a J5 automobile, with an unidentified registration quantity into one of many retailers utilized by a fuel vendor. Two different retailers close by have been additionally affected.

“The hearth unfold quickly and engulfed a personal college popularly referred to as Younger Marshall Science Academy,” he stated.

“Seven lecture rooms have been destroyed by the hearth, whereas one store utilized by the fuel vendor was utterly alight.”

Abdullahi famous that regardless of the depth of the hearth, the firemen have been in a position to include the incident and stop it from spreading to different elements of the constructing.

“With God’s intervention and the well timed response of our males, the hearth was efficiently contained to the affected space,” he stated. “The remaining retailers, lecture rooms, and one automobile have been saved throughout the operation.”

He added that whereas three retailers, two autos, and 7 lecture rooms have been badly affected, a 3rd automobile was solely barely broken.

No accidents or lack of life have been recorded throughout the incident.

Abdullahi additionally disclosed that the reason for the hearth remains to be below investigation.