The Kano State Fire Service Public Relations Officer, PFS Kabiru Isah Jafaru, disclosed this in a press release on Saturday.
According to the assertion, the incident occurred at about 7:39 am on Saturday.
“We received a distress call from a timber dealer, Alhaji Abba, and immediately mobilised firefighters from various stations within the metropolitan area to the scene,” he mentioned.
According to him, the group discovered that the fireplace had unfold to a number of sections of the market earlier than their arrival.
“Several sections of Kofar Ruwa Timber Market were affected by the fire, destroying 75 permanent buildings and 35 temporary structures,” he added.
Jafaru mentioned the firefighters finally introduced the state of affairs beneath management and prevented the flames from spreading to different elements of the market.
(*35*) urged merchants and enterprise homeowners to be alert and take crucial precautions to forestall hearth outbreaks, particularly in the course of the harmattan season.
