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Fire razes 19 shops, mosque in Kano market 9th March 2023
An early morning fire on Wednesday destroyed 19 shops and a mosque at the Rimi Market in Kano Municipal Local Government Area of Kano State.
The fire which reportedly broke out at about 1.46am was said to have destroyed goods worth millions of naira.
The Public Relations Officer, Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident, said the service’s control room received an emergency call at about 1.46am from one Ahmad Tijjani that the market was on fire.
He explained that firefighters from Kano Central Fire Station and Audu Bako Secretariat succeeded in putting out the fire.
He said, “Today, being Wednesday, March 8, 2023, our control room received an emergency call at about 1.46 am from one Ahmad Tijjani, reporting an outbreak of fire at Rimi Market Kano Municipal Area.
“Following the report, firefighters on emergency duty were mobilised from Central and Audu Bako Secretariat Fire Stations.
“They (the fire fighters) found that about 14 permanent shops, a mosque and five temporary shops were engulfed by fire. The area of the fire is about 75 X 50 ft used as Rimi Market shops,” he said.
Abdullahi noted that no injury or death was recorded during the incident.
He said the investigation had commenced to unravel the mystery behind the disaster.
PUNCH Metro reports that an early morning fire at Kurni Market last Wednesday destroyed six permanent and 74 temporary shops.
Punch