Kano school catches fire, 14 classrooms, administrative block destroyed
A fire on Sunday razed down 14 classrooms, an administrative block and a toilet at the Tsangaya Model Boarding Primary School, Kiyawa village, Bagwai local government area in Kano.
This is contained in a statement by the Kano State Fire Service’s spokesman, Saminu Abdullahi.
He said the incident occurred on Sunday afternoon.
“We received a distress call at about 1:05 p.m. from Ghaddafi Sani-Bagwai and immediately sent our rescue team to the scene at about 1:30 p.m. to stop the fire from spreading to the other classes,” the fire service statement disclosed.
It added, “A ground floor building of about 400x400ft used as a Tsangaya Model Boarding Primary School, 14 classes, 12 offices from the administrative block and 21 toilets were completely razed by the inferno.”
According to the statement, the fire started from the solar system at the administrative block.
(NAN)
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