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People rescue one of the students of the Collapsed Saint Academy School, Jos on Friday. Photo: SundayAdah/NAN
Kano State Fire Service, on Friday, rescued a woman and her two male children trapped in a collapsed building at Makwarari axis of Kano Municipal Local Government Area.
The Public Relations Officer of the organisation, Saminu Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement issued in Kano and made available to newsmen on Friday.
According to Abdullahi, the building is a dwelling house of a one-storey building of 30ft. by 40 ft.
“We received an emergency call on Friday, around 9:30a.m, from our control room by one of our staff members, Ibrahim Isah, that a building collapsed.
“Upon receiving the information, we quickly dispatched firemen to the scene,” he added.
Abdullahi stated that the victims were rescued alive and taken to Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital, Kano, for treatment.
The statement listed the names of the victims as Balaraba Abba (mother), 35, Abdulnasir Jilani, 12, and Abdullahi Jilani, 9.
It stated that the cause of the incident was under investigation.
NAN
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