Fire reportedly gutted 21 shops at Yankatako Market at Rijiyar Lemo in Kumbotso Local Government in Kano.
The Spokesman of the State Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, made this known, adding that the fire occurred at about 02:00 am on Monday.
Abdullahi said, “We received a distress call at about 02:00 am from the Nigeria Communication Commission, NCC. that there was a fire outbreak at Yankatako market.
“We quickly mobilised our personnel to the scene and put out the fire so as not to spread to other shops,” he said.
Abdullahi pointed out that the 21 shops were contained in the furniture section of the market.
He, however, stated eno life was lost and the cause of the fire was being investigated.
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