{"id":159989,"date":"2025-04-21T12:07:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T11:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/fire-guts-shops-classrooms-in-kanos-rijiyar-zaki-fire-service"},"modified":"2025-04-22T22:38:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T21:38:18","slug":"fire-guts-shops-classrooms-in-kanos-rijiyar-zaki-fire-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fire-guts-shops-classrooms-in-kanos-rijiyar-zaki-fire-service","title":{"rendered":"Fire guts shops, classrooms in Kano\u2019s Rijiyar Zaki \u2014 Fire service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A fire outbreak on Sunday afternoon gutted several shops, vehicles, and classrooms at Rijiyar Zaki Kwanar Yan Kifi area of Kano, the Kano State Fire Service has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Service, ACFO Saminu Yusif Abdullahi, the incident was reported at exactly 1:53 p.m. by one Hamza Muhammad.<\/p>\n<p>The emergency was swiftly responded to by fire crews from the headquarters, Rijiyar Zaki, and Bompai stations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon arrival, our men found that a ground-floor building measuring about 100 by 50 feet, used for multiple businesses, had caught fire,\u201d Abdullahi stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree shops in front of the building, three vehicles, seven classrooms, one office, and two toilets were affected by the blaze.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the fire started when gas cylinders were offloaded from a J5 vehicle, with an unidentified registration number into one of the shops used by a gas vendor. Two other shops nearby were also affected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fire spread rapidly and engulfed a private school popularly known as Young Marshall Science Academy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeven classrooms were destroyed by the fire, while one shop used by the gas vendor was completely alight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abdullahi noted that despite the intensity of the fire, the firemen were able to contain the incident and prevent it from spreading to other parts of the building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith God\u2019s intervention and the timely response of our men, the fire was successfully contained to the affected area,\u201d he said. \u201cThe remaining shops, classrooms, and one vehicle were saved during the operation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that while three shops, two vehicles, and seven classrooms were badly affected, a third vehicle was only slightly damaged.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries or loss of life were recorded during the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullahi also disclosed that the cause of the fire is still under investigation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A fire outbreak on Sunday afternoon gutted several shops, vehicles, and classrooms at Rijiyar Zaki Kwanar Yan Kifi area of Kano, the Kano State Fire Service has confirmed. According to a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Service, ACFO Saminu Yusif Abdullahi, the incident was reported at exactly 1:53 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":159988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[16959,16958,4231,254,3024,10867],"class_list":["post-159989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-classrooms","tag-fire-outbreak","tag-fire-service","tag-nigeria","tag-shops","tag-vehicle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fire guts shops, classrooms in Kano\u2019s Rijiyar Zaki \u2014 Fire service - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A fire outbreak on Sunday afternoon gutted several shops, vehicles, and classrooms at Rijiyar Zaki Kwanar Yan Kifi area ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fire-guts-shops-classrooms-in-kanos-rijiyar-zaki-fire-service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fire guts shops, classrooms in Kano\u2019s Rijiyar Zaki \u2014 Fire service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A fire outbreak on Sunday afternoon gutted several shops, vehicles, and classrooms at Rijiyar Zaki Kwanar Yan Kifi area ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fire-guts-shops-classrooms-in-kanos-rijiyar-zaki-fire-service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-21T11:07:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-22T21:38:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1745225635.736632.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"678\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fire-guts-shops-classrooms-in-kanos-rijiyar-zaki-fire-service#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fire-guts-shops-classrooms-in-kanos-rijiyar-zaki-fire-service\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Fire guts shops, classrooms in Kano\u2019s Rijiyar Zaki \u2014 Fire service\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-21T11:07:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-22T21:38:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fire-guts-shops-classrooms-in-kanos-rijiyar-zaki-fire-service\"},\"wordCount\":320,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fire-guts-shops-classrooms-in-kanos-rijiyar-zaki-fire-service#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1745225635.736632.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Classrooms\",\"fire outbreak\",\"Fire Service\",\"Nigeria\",\"Shops\",\"vehicle\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fire-guts-shops-classrooms-in-kanos-rijiyar-zaki-fire-service#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fire-guts-shops-classrooms-in-kanos-rijiyar-zaki-fire-service\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fire-guts-shops-classrooms-in-kanos-rijiyar-zaki-fire-service\",\"name\":\"Fire guts shops, classrooms in Kano\u2019s Rijiyar Zaki \u2014 Fire service - 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