Three children have been burnt to death in a fire outbreak caused by suspected electrical fault at the Kofar Kabuga area of Gwale LGA of Kano State.
It was gathered that the fire incident started around 10pm on Monday.
According to Daily Trust, a witness said that the mother of the children died three years ago and that they were living with their auntie.
A neighbour of the victims, Abubakar Ahmad, said, “Two of them were the children of Malam Zakariya (Abdul (eight) and Saddiqa (five), while the other girl, (Fatima (11) was brought to look after them since the death of their mother.”
He explained that, “We were about to sleep when the light went off, not knowing that it was as a result of an electrical fault from their house. The next thing we heard was the call for rescue from another neighbour who lives downstairs while they were upstairs.
“People came out to rescue the children but were not aware that the children were inside the house.
“We didn’t know they were inside because we asked their neighbour and he said he didn’t know. Until when their father came back; that was the time he confirmed to us that they were locked inside.”
The deceased were buried according to Islam rites on Tuesday.
The spokesman of the Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Yusuf Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident said that the case was under investigation.