A fire has killed a husband and wife in Rangaza (Inken) Layin AU, Ungogo Local Government Area, Kano State.
The State Fire Service, which confirmed the incident, named the victims as 67-year-old Muhammed Uba and his wife, 52-year-old Fatima Uba.
The Director of Kano State Fire Service, Hassan Muhammad, disclosed this in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the Service, Saminu Abdullahi, on Friday in Kano.
Muhammad said that the incident occurred at midnight on Thursday, December 12.
“We received a distress call at about 01:45 a.m. from one of our staff, Ahmad Abubakar, and immediately sent our rescue team to the scene at about 01:51 am,” he said.
According to him, it was a bungalow of about 50 by 25 feet used as a dwelling house.
He added that the victims were trapped by the smoke from the fire but were rescued unconscious with burns in some parts of their bodies.
The spokesman said that their corpses were handed over to the ward head of Rangaza in Ungogo Local Government Area, Muhammad Rayyanu.
He, however, advised the general public to comply with safety regulations to avoid unforeseen circumstances.
Written By Matthew Atungwu