Fire Disaster at Kurmi Market in Kano State Goods Worth Millions Destroyed, One Person Died (Photos)

No fewer than 95 shops were razed by fire that gutted the famous Kurmi market in Kano metropolis on Tuesday night.
  
According to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), one person died due to suffocation and another injured following the fire outbreak.

The incident which occurred around 10pm yesterday night to the early hours of today was brought under control by men of the state fire service. The cause of the fire outbreak is yet to be known.
 
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