In Jigawa State’s Kiyawa Local Government Area (LGA), three villages were completely destroyed by fire.
According to reports, the fire destroyed homes, cattle, agricultural products, and other goods in the villages of Malamawar Dangoli, Karangi, and Kwalele in the Kiyawa LGA.
According to eyewitnesses, the fire started when a traditional cooking burner was blown onto a thatched house by a breeze.
In a related event, 21 stores in Kano State’s Rimi Market were destroyed.
Respite eventually came as the Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Habib, and the Deputy Governor visited the locations in Jigawa.
Fire outbreaks in markets across the country have grown common, and with inadequate emergency responses, scores of traders have recorded huge losses.