A Police source at the Kano State Police Command headquarters, Bompai that was gutted by fire today, says fire frightens arrived at the scene of the incident two hours after the fire started.
Recalled that fire engulfed the Police Command Headquarters today razing down several departments before it was put off.
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A source told newsmen that the fire started from the Provost Office and spread to the Finance Department, Conference Room, PPRO Office, Assistant Commissioner (Admin) Office, Deputy Commissioner (Admin) Office, among other offices.
It was gathered that all the offices at the top floor of the 1967 building were engulfed by the fire, except the office of the commissioner.
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“We made efforts to quench the fire from the Provost Office using manual process but the inferno quickly spread to other offices. The fire fighters arrived nearly 2 hours after the fire started,” a police source said.
Efforts to contact the command’s Spokesman, SP Abdullahi Haruna failed as his mobile phone number could not be reached.
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However, when contacted, the Spokesman of the Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi confirmed the incident, adding that the incident happened around 1:24pm.
“We just received details of the incident and we will give you details later,” he said.
