Several shops affected as fire Sabuwar Lale furniture market located at Tal’udu area of Gwale Local Government, Kano State.
According to our source, the fire started 2:30 a.m Sunday and spread rapidly across the market.
One of the affected traders, Bashir Ustaz, said he was shocked when he arrived at the market and found his shop completely destroyed.
“Around 3 a.m. I was called and told that fire had broken out at the market. When I arrived, what I saw made me close my eyes. Everything I owned was destroyed by the fire,” he said.
He added that just a day before the incident, the market was very busy and crowded, but by morning, everything had been reduced to ashes.
The Vice Chairman of the market, Adamu Mansur, popularly known as Madaki, said the fire started around 2:30 a.m. and continued until dawn.
“The fire was burning from about 2:30 a.m. until morning. We pray that Allah replaces our losses with something better,” he said.
Madaki explained that the traders could not yet estimate the total value of their losses, but said some individual shops lost furniture worth millions of naira.
“In my own shop, I had over 40 sets of furniture to be delivered today. Four sets alone were worth more than five million naira, and three others were worth over four million naira,” he added.
He called on the Kano State Government and well-meaning individuals to assist the affected traders, considering the scale of the losses.
Reports indicate that at least 11 permanent shops and about 20 temporary structures were completely burnt, destroying furniture, equipment and goods worth millions of naira.
Officials of the Fire Service brought the fire under control after battling it for many hours.
