Fire razes offices at Kano varsity

The Kano State Fire Service says it has put out the fire outbreak that razed five offices, School of Science at Kano University of Science and Technology (KUST), Wudil in Kano.

This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen by the Public Relations Officer of the State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, on Sunday in Kano.

“We received a distress call at our Wudil division from security of the University at about 12:04 am that there was a fire outbreak at a ground floor of the school.

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“Upon receiving the information, we quickly sent a fire vehicle to the scene at about 12:07 am, to bring the situation under control,’’ the statement said.

Abdullahi disclosed that all the five offices were completely razed down by the inferno.

He added that the fire was triggered off by an electrical spark.

He urged the general public to adopt extra care and precaution especially as they approached harmattan season.(NAN)

Recall that recently The Kano State Fire Service said fire had destroyed 41 temporary shops at Kasuwar Kurmi (Yan’ littafai) Market in Kano.

Solacebase reports that  the books section of the ancient Kano City (Kurmi) Market, was much affected.

This is contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, on Monday in Kano.