A 4-year-old boy has been confirmed dead in a fire outbreak at Yakasai Layin “Inuwa me mai” in Kano Municipal.

The Public Relations Officer of the service, Saminu Abdullahi, who disclosed this in a statement said the incident happened on Monday evening, February 5, 2024.

“We received a distress call at about 06:20 p.m from a staff member, Habibi Adamu and immediately sent our rescue team from the Central and Audu Bako Secretariat fire stations to the scene at about 06:24p.m,”

”The building is about 40 by 30 feet. The upper floor was completely razed down by the inferno while one parlour was slightly burnt. He said the child was trapped in the fire,”

“He was rescued unconscious and our men conveyed him to the Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital, where the doctor on duty confirmed him dead,” he said.

The PRO said the corpse was handed over to his father, Sani Usaini, at the hospital.