An Early morning fire on Wednesday destroyed 17 offices at the Gwale Local Government secretariat in Kano State.
The Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi confirmed the incident saying the inferno also consumed a number of vehicles parked within the premises of the secretariat.
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“We received a distress call at about 03:43 a.m. from Abdullahi Hassan reporting a fire outbreak at Gwale Secretariat. Upon receiving the information, we promptly dispatched a fire vehicle to the scene at about 03:46 a.m. to bring the fire under control,” he said.
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Abdullahi said that the ground floor, measuring about 300 x 200ft, used as offices and others, totaling 17, were completely razed down.
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In addition, he said a 406 Peugeot, one Haice bus, and a station wagon ambulance were slightly burnt.
He said the service is currently investigating the cause of the inferno and urged the people of the state to take precautionary measures to prevent fire outbreaks.
