Mother, 2 children rescued from collapsed building in Kano

By Bosede Olufunmi

A 35-year-old woman identified as Balaraba Abbba and her two sons trapped in a collapsed building at Makwarari axis of Kano Municipal Local Government Area Kano State were rescued by operatives of the state Fire Service, on Friday

The Spokesperson for Kano Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday.

According to Abdullahi, the building is a dwelling house of a one-storey building of 30ft. by 40 ft.

“We received an emergency call on Friday, around 9:30a.m, from our control room by one of our staff members, Ibrahim Isah, that a building collapsed.

“Upon receiving the information, we quickly dispatched firemen to the scene,” he added.

Abdullahi stated that the victims were rescued alive and taken to Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital, Kano, for treatment.

The statement listed the names of the victims as Balaraba Abba (mother), 35, Abdulnasir Jilani, 12, and Abdullahi Jilani, 9.

It stated that the cause of the incident was under investigation. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

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