Fire on Wednesday gutted 17 offices in Gwale Local Government Secretariat, Kano State, Northeast Nigeria.
Gatekeepers News reports that Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano.
The Public Relations Officer of the service, Saminu Abdullahi, said that the incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Abdullahi said, ”We received a distress call at about 03:43 a.m. from Abdullahi Hassan that there was a fire outbreak at Gwale Secretariat.
“Upon receiving the information, we quickly sent a fire vehicle to the scene at about 03:46 a.m. to bring the fire under control.’’
He explained that the ground floor of about 300 x 200ft used as an office and others, totalling 17, were completely razed down.
Abdullahi also said that a 406 Peugeot, one Haice bus and a station wagon ambulance were slightly burnt.
He stated that the cause of the fire was being investigated by the service.
