A fire outbreak on Sunday razed six temporary shops at Kofar Ruwa Market (Kasuwar ‘Yan Rodi) in Kano State.
The Public Relations Officer of the State Fire Service, Saidu Mohammed, who disclosed this on Monday, said the source of the fire was still unknown.
According to him, a distress call from one Usman Danladi was received at about 10:10 pm to the effect that there was fire outbreak at the market.
“On receiving the information, we quickly sent some of our personnel and fire fighting vehicle to the scene of the incident at about 10:15 pm to stop the fire from spreading to other shops,” Mohammed said.
He, however, noted that there were no casualties, but that property yet to be estimated were lost to the fire outbreak.
The PRO advised traders to be more careful and refrain from using instruments capable of triggering fire as a way of guarding against future occurrence.
He also advised residents to keep fire buckets, blankets and extinguishers at home to enable them curtail fire outbreak before calling on the fire service.
