The spokesman of the State Fire Service, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Thursday that incident happened around 1:55am on Thursday.
“We received a distress call early hours of today (Thursday) from ASP Abba Sabo from Kwalli police division at about 01:55am that there is fire a outbreak at the market.
”On receiving the information, we quickly sent our fire fighting vehicle to the scene at about 02:00am to quench the fire, “he said.
Mohammed attributed the incident to an electric spark from power change- over device.
He advised traders at the market and other residents to be more careful in the way they use electrical appliances so as to forestall future fire accidents.
