Late night house fire kills two in Kano

Etim Effiong

Two women from same family were killed by fire at Kano’s Zoo Road, Sheka Municipal, on Friday night, according to the Kano State Fire Service.

The Kano State Fire Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, confirmed the incident in a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday in Kano.

According to the statement, the incident occurred at about 10.10 p m, on the upper floor with two compartments of about 50 X 50 feet used as a dwelling house.

The statement said: “Four rooms, two parlours, two toilets and two kitchens were razed down.

“We received a distress call from Sabo Wada at about 10.10 p m that fire has gutted a dwelling house in his area and three persons were trapped including a four-year-old girl.

“On receiving the information, we quickly sent out our rescue team to the scene around 10.15 pm.

“Two out of the victims were rescued unconscious and conveyed to Malam Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital where the doctor on duty confirmed them dead.

“The bodies were handed over to C.S.P Awaisu Suleiman of Sheka Police Division.”

The statement added that the victims rescued alive were Fatima Salisu, 4, and Salisu Sani, 45, while the two dead victims were Maryam Sani, 19 (sister), and Nafisa Abdulkarim, 28 (wife). The statement noted that all the victims were of same family and that the cause of the incident was being investigated.