Seven persons killed as fire guts petrol station in Jigawa: NSCDC
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps says seven people died in a fire outbreak that engulfed a petrol station at Al-Masfa in Kaugama LGA of Jigawa state.
The command’s spokesperson, Adamu Shehu, told journalists that the incident occurred on Monday at 5:00 p.m.
“The fire engulfed a building which serves as an administrative block and accommodation to the station’s personnel.
“Unfortunately, some of the victims were sleeping while others were resting after the exhaustion of the day.
“As a result, six of the victims died on the spot while one other gave up the ghost after being taken to the hospital,” Mr Shehu said.
He explained that it took the combined effort of the corps, fire service and other security personnel to put off the raging fire.
Mr Shehu, however, said the cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained.
He gave the names of the deceased as Nasiru Umar, 30; Abdulkadir Nura, 25; Dahawi Garin-Babale 35; Hamza Adamu, 15; Sulaiman Garin-Babale, 35; Idris Adamu, 40; and Salisu Garin-Babale, 40.
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