Fire Razes Popular Kano Market

Fire has razed some makeshift shops and the upper building of old Savannah Bank at Singer market in Kano State. 

Spokesperson of the Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident in a statement, said that the fire started at about 02:18a.m, on Monday, March 13, 2023.

“We received a distress call in the midnight at about 02:18a.m from one Sai’du Hamza that there was fire outbreak at the market which is in Fagge Local Government Area of the state,” the statement read.

“On receiving the information, we quickly sent some of our personnel and fire fighting vehicle 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 said.

Mr Abdullahi however said several temporary shops were completely razed by the fire, adding that the service was yet to ascertain the cause and total number of shops affected.