Fire Service spokesman Saminu Abdullahi said a man, Umar Faruk-Dalada, reported the incident to the agency.
The Kano State Fire Service said three female passengers died while 13 others were injured when a commercial bus caught fire on Tuesday.
Its spokesman, Saminu Abdullahi, in a statement, said the service saved 45 lives and property worth N285.6 million in the incidents.
The State Fire Service attributed the incident to electric spark from the ATM machines.
Several shops were razed at the Singer market in Kano.
The fire service spokesman said the inferno completely razed 14 permanent shops, five temporary ones and one mosque.
Eight persons lost their lives, while property worth N31.8 million were destroyed by fire during the period under review.
The market is famous for trading in perfume, ginger and leather.
A 14-year-old boy, Ashfa Ibrahim, drowned in an open stream in Danzaki village in the Gezawa council area of Kano.
One of the victims got trapped in the pit, and in an attempt to rescue him, his colleague went into the pit and was also trapped.
