*Fire Service blames lack of fuel for not showing up
By; SANI ALIYU, Zaria
A mysterious fire outbreak has destroyed a multi-million Naira residence of Mohammed Lawal, Kebbi Correspondent of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Zaria today Wednesday at about 2.pm and lasted for about an hour.
The fire destroyed all the property in the compound which is located at Buzai, behind Kofar Gayan Low-Cost, Zaria City, Kaduna State.
According to the victim, “I was about to take my bath after coming from the mosque, when we discovered traces of smoke in one of the rooms in the three bedroom bungalow.
“We made efforts to extinguish the fire, but our efforts were not successful. We resorted to calling the Fire Service at Kofar Doka in Zaria.
“They (Fire service officer in charge) said they had no fuel to respond to our calls. We also asked them to give us the phone number of Federal Fire Service at Sabon Gari (Zaria), but the officer didn’t obliged,” the victim said.
He added that, “as you can see, we didn’t remove anything from the house, everything has gone except the clothes we are wearing”.
On the cause of the incidence, the victim said, “we are suspecting electric power fluctuations to be the cause of the fire incidence.”
