Five tankers containing 20,400 litres of diesel were on fire in Farawa Kwanar Yashi area of Kano State, North-West, Nigeria on Tuesday.
Gatekeepers News reports that Spokesperson of the State fire service, Saminu Abdullahi, said that no casualty was recorded in the blaze.
Abdullahi said the fire started from a generator spark as the portable generator was used to upload the products from the diesel tankers to surface tanks in an uncompleted building used as a diesel storage area.
Abdullahi added that although three people were trapped in the fire, they had been rescued and taken to the hospital for treatment
“Three victims who were trapped namely Mai Daura Sadi 24 years old, Hassan Sadi and Iliyasu Sadi about 25 years respectively were all rescued alive.”
He further stated that the firefighters arrived the scene at 00:29 after an emergency call from a staff of the company alerted them of the fire incident.
An uncompleted building of about 200 x 200 ft used as a diesel storage area, five diesel tankers containing about 20,400 litres of diesel, one Lifan machine and three portable generators were ablaze when the firefighters arrived.
Three diesel tankers were saved and nine surface tanks also curtailed the fire from spreading to other premises.
