Kano State Fire Service says a fire has razed 37 shops at the Zawaciki area in Kumbotso Local Government of Kano State.
The service’s spokesman, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the fire occurred at 01:37 a.m. on Wednesday.
Abdullahi said, “We received a distress call at about 01:37 a.m. from one Malam Baba that there was a fire outbreak at Zawacki.
“We quickly mobilised our personnel to the scene at about 01:47 a.m. and put out the fire so as not to spread to other shops,” he said.
Abdullahi said the 37 shops were on the ground floor of a multi-purpose building.
He added that the fire slightly damaged three other shops.
He said no life was lost and the cause of the fire was being investigated.