A four year-old boy has been burnt to death on the Yakasai Layin Inuwa Mai Mai (street) in Kano municipal, Kano State.
This was contained in a statement by the spokesman of the Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi.
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The statement reads in part: “We received a distress call at 06:20pm and immediately sent our rescue team to the scene.
“The building is about 40 by 30ft. The upper floor was completely razed down by the inferno while one parlour was slightly burnt. 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.”
