Saminu Zawai Mandawari
One person lost his life, while a truck razed down by inferno that gutted an alleged illegal oil refinery in Katango area of Wailari, located along Ring Road Bypass, opposite Maryam Shekarau Estate, in Kano.
According to an eye witness, the fire which was said to have started around 09:50 am today, also burned down five residential houses in the location.
Our source hinted that it took about three hours for the men of the Kano State Fire Service, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), and fire workers from Salbas Petrol Station to bring the fire under control.
The source disclosed that the dead body, identified as that of one Aminu, burned beyond recognition and was later recovered from the debris of the illegal refinery by the fire workers.
