A man, his wife and five children perished as fire gutted their home near Tudun Wada Juma’at Mosque in Kano in the early hours of Monday.
An official of Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullah, who confirmed the tragic incident, said the firefighters got the distress call on the fire outbreak in Tudun Wada Quarters shortly after midnight.
“We received a distress call at Dakata fire station from one Ibrahim Sani at about 12:25 am that there was a fire outbreak in a building at Tudun Wada Quarters.
“On receiving the information, we quickly sent our fire fighting vehicle to the scene at about 12:30 am,’’ he said.
Abdullah said seven unconscious victims were evacuated by firefighters from the slightly burnt two rooms and a parlour they were occupying and rushed to a hospital.
“The doctor confirmed seven of them dead due to the smoke they inhaled,’’ he said, adding that investigation revealed that the fire, caused by an electric spark, was out of control by the time firefighters arrived.
He advised the general public to exercise caution while handling electrical appliances and inflammable materials to avoid fire incidents and other emergencies.