The Kano State Fireplace Service has confirmed the loss of life of 1 particular person and a burnt truck following a hearth incident at an unlawful refinery and engine oil depot on the Katanga space of Wailari, positioned alongside Ring Highway Bypass, reverse Maryam Shekarau Property in Gezawa LGA of Kano State.
The Public Relations Officer of the state Fireplace Service, Saminu Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident, stated the fireplace which began round 9:50 a.m. on Monday, additionally destroyed 4 residential homes within the space.
It took personnel of the Kano State Fireplace Service, Nationwide Emergency Administration Company and fireplace employees from Salbas Petrol Station greater than three hours earlier than they might convey the fireplace beneath management.
He stated the useless physique, which was burnt past recognition, was recovered from the particles by the fireplace service personnel.
It was gathered that the place, which is positioned within the midst of residential homes, is used to maintain scraps of vans and trailers along with storing gas and refining used engine oil for different functions.
“Nobody can say whether or not the place is used for refining of used engine oil or storing gas and different associated commodities.
“So, nobody can say what precisely occurred that led to the inferno however the individual that died was trapped within the fireplace and burnt past recognition,” Abdullahi stated.
He suggested residents to all the time take precautionary measures to forestall fireplace incidents particularly now that the harmattan season had set in.
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