By Maryam Ammani, Kano
A fire at the Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) warehouse destroyed N18.5 million worth of assets.
Eye witnesses told NEWSKEEPER that, the warehouse located in Mariri, Kumbotso Local Government Area caught fire on Friday evening.
While addressing journalists on the incident, Executive Secretary of the Agency, Dr Saleh Jili, confirmed that, the incident took occurred on Friday around 1pm at the SEMA warehouse in Mariri where the warehouse was full of relief items for victims of fires and floods disasters.
According to him, the blaze was caused as a result of burning some refuse at the First Lady School's campus, where three classrooms were gutted by the blaze, which further prolonged the blaze to the warehouse as they're close by.
Items destroyed by the fire include 450 mattresses, 450 pillows, 655 cartons of Pampers for male and female.
Other items burnt include 10 detox cartons, 10 cartons of detergent, grinding and sewing machines, mosquito nets and a lot of other goods valued at N18.5 million.
Dr Jili also called on the public and school authorities to be vigilant in burning bush or garbage.
However, The Executive Secretary advised people to be always switching electrical devices off when leaving home.
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