Five tankers containing 20,400 litres of diesel at Farawa Kwanar Yashi area of the Kano metropolis were razed on Tuesday when a fire gutted an uncompleted building used as a diesel storage area.<\/p>\n
A spark from a portable generator used to upload the diesel from diesel tankers to other surface tanks resulted in the incident, according to the state fire service.<\/p>\n
Saminu Yusuf Abdullahi, the State Fire Service (SFS) spokesman, stated that three persons who were trapped in the fire were rescued alive and rushed to the hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n
He explained that their men arrived at the scene of the fire outbreak around 00:29 hours when their control room received an emergency call from a staff who reported the outbreak.<\/p>\n
He further explained that on their arrival, they found an uncompleted building of about 200 x 200 ft used as a diesel storage area, about five diesel tankers containing about 20,400 litres of diesel, one Lifan machine and three portable generators were ablaze.<\/p>\n
He said they successfully controlled the situation and, saved three diesel tankers and nine surface tanks and stopped the fire from spreading to other premises.<\/p>\n
He added, \u201cThree victims who were trapped namely Mai Daura Sadi 24 years old, Hassan Sadi and Iliyasu Sadi about 25 years respectively were all rescued alive.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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