A mysterious fire yesterday gutted part of the food stuff section of Abubakar Rimi Market, located in Sabon Gari area of Kano, destroying about 884 make-shift stalls with property worth several millions of naira.
According to market sources, the fire which started at about 1:30 a.m on saturday, affected the Gidan Maggi area of the ever busy market.
Timely intervention of officials of the state fire service, however, prevented the inferno from spreading to other parts of the market.
Though the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, market sources said it could be as a result of carelessness on the part of market guards, who may have dropped inflammable objects within the area.
Food stuff such as meat, beans, gari, rice, chickens, onions, beverages, as well fruits and other goods were all burnt to ashes.
Kano State Commissioner for Works, Alhaji Shehu Haruna Lambu, who visited the scene on behalf of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, sympathised with the traders and promised that the state government will investigate the cause of the fire.
He urged traders to be more careful and promised that the state government will do all within its powers to assist victims of the fire incident.
Everytime mysterious Fire...it's well...the wicked shall never go unpunished,that's a sure fact...
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