Many traders were reported to have lost their goods and property worth millions of naira in a fire disaster that gutted 22 shops in Gwarzo market, headquarters of Gwarzo Local Government Area of Kano State.
The inferno which happened on Monday, had thrown the victims into mourning as many of them were said to have lost millions of naira to the disaster.
The Zonal Information Officer of Gwarzo Local Government Area, Rabiu Khalil, confirmed the incident in a statement, a copy of which was made available to PUNCH Metro on Tuesday.
“The fire started at midnight of last Sunday and it took the state fire service personnel up to Monday morning before they could finally put it out,” the statement said.
Khalil explained that dozens of shops were completely razed down by the inferno, while properties worth millions of naira were destroyed, but there was no injury or loss of life in the incident.
One of the victims, Dayyabu Lawan Bala, said he lost goods worth over N5m to the fire.
He called on the government and other well-to-do individuals to come to their assistance to alleviate their sufferings.
“I lost goods worth N5m in my shop to this unfortunate fire incident. I appeal to the state government to come to our rescue,” he said.
The member representing Gwarzo Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Abdulahi Muazu Babangandu, had paid a sympathy visit to the affected traders where he donated the sum of N500,000 to the victims after visiting the scene.
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, also confirmed the incident saying a total of 22 shops were destroyed by the inferno.
He however, explained that out of the 22 shops, two were under construction.
“The number of affected shops were 22 out of which two were uncompleted,” Abdullahi said.
