Admin l Friday, January 03, 2019
KANO, Nigeria – Not less than 111 people have been consumed in a series of fire incidents in Kano State, the state’s fire service said today.
Acording to the Public Relations Officer, Kano State Fire Service, Saidu Muhammed, the loses occured in 813 fire incidents in Kano between January and December, 2019 adding that galant men from the fire service also saved 1,055 lives and property worth N1.9 billion from 813 fire incidents during the period.
“597 people were involved in road accidents, seven in collapsed buildings, 54 fell inside well, 58 fell inside open water and the remaining 97 were involved in flood, domestic fire incidents among others,” he said.
Muhammed said that property valued at N679 million were destroyed during the period, while the service received 744 rescue calls and 180 false alarms from residents.
He told the News Agency of Nigeria that road accidents, inferior electrical materials; use of boiling rings, as well as poor handling of electrical appliances, cooking gas and fireplace were major causes of the inferno.
