No fewer than 30 furniture shops were, early this morning, razed down by midnight fire in Gwarzo Market, Gwarzo Local Government Area of Kano State.
Items destroyed by the fire, which was said to have spread from the burning of sawdust nearby, were estimated at millions of Naira.
An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano today that the incident occurred around 1am, adding that the fire destroyed the entire furniture section of the market before it was put out by men of the fire service in the area.
When contacted, the Director of the state’s Fire Service, Alhaji Mustapha Rulwan, confirmed the incident, saying that the fire started around 1.45am and destroyed 30 shops in the furniture section of the market.
“We got the report of the incident around 1.45am and our men in Gwarzo office were able to quench the fire around 3.25am today (Friday).
“Our preliminary investigation indicated that the fire spread to the shops and other places when some traders attempted to burn sawdust.”
Rulwan, however, warned people to take precautionary measures while using fire. [myad]
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