Fire Guts Bayero Varsity Staff School Store, Toilet

The toilet and store of the Staff Primary School, Bayero University Kano (BUK) have been gutted by fire, Kano State Fire Service reports.

The Public Relations Officer of the service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi made this known in a statement issued on Wednesday in Kano.

According to Abdullahi, the incident occurred at the university's old site on Tuesday. 

Abdullah added that the cause of the fire was yet to be known, noting that an investigation Is underway.

“We received a distress call at about 05:53 p.m. from one Halliru Bello and immediately sent our rescue team to the scene at about 5:58 p.m to stop the fire from spreading to the other classes.

“A ground floor building of about 200 by 200ft used as staff children primary school, one block containing Headmaster’s office, men staff room, women staff room were slightly burnt while one store and one toilet were completely razed by the inferno.

“The cause of the fire is under investigation, he said.