By BOSEDE OLAUFUNMI
Kano State Fire Service said fire had destroyed a store and toilet at the Staff Primary School, Bayero University Kano (BUK) old site in Kano.
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By BOSEDE OLAUFUNMI
Kano State Fire Service said fire had destroyed a store and toilet at the Staff Primary School, Bayero University Kano (BUK) old site in Kano.
This is contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, on Wednesday in Kano.
He said the incident occurred on Tuesday evening.
According to him, “we received a distress call at about 05:53 p.m. from one Halliru Bello and immediately sent our rescue team to the scene at about 5:58 p.m to stop fire from spreading to the other classes.
“A ground floor building of about 200 by 200ft used as a staff children primary school, one block containing Headmaster’s office, men staff room, women staff room where slightly burnt while one store and one toilet was completely razed by the inferno.
“The cause of the fire is under investigation,” he said. (NAN)