Properties worth millions of naira have been destroyed in an early morning fire outbreak at Gezawa Market in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State.
The incident, which occurred at about 5:15 am on Monday, November 2, destroyed four containers and seven temporary shops.
The Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Fire Service, Kabiru Jafaru, confirmed the incident in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday.
According to the statement, the service received a distress call from one Ibrahim Sani, who reported the fire outbreak at the market.
It said firefighters were immediately deployed to the scene and successfully extinguished the inferno, preventing it from spreading to other sections of the market.
The statement added that a shop, four containers and seven temporary shops were affected by the fire.
The Director of the Kano State Fire Service urged residents and traders to observe necessary fire safety precautions, particularly as the harmattan season sets in, to prevent further outbreaks.
The incident comes barely two days after another fire outbreak destroyed 110 buildings and structures at Kofar Ruwa Timber Market in Kano metropolis.
The fire, which occurred in the early hours of Saturday, October 31, razed 75 permanent buildings and 35 temporary structures across different sections of the market, according to the state Fire Service.
