Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of three men inside a well, warning residents to avoid entering wells during emergencies.
The Director of the Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Sani Anas, confirmed the incident while reacting to three separate fatal incidents that occurred in the state on Thursday leading to multiple deaths.
The Agency’s Public Relations Officer, ACFO Saminu Yusif Abdullahi, in a statement, said the first tragic incident happened at Badawa Layin Day by Day in Nassarawa LGA, after a fire outbreak was reported around 11:57 am.
He said firefighters from the Agency’s headquarters rushed to the scene and found a house, measuring about 25 by 20 feet already engulfed in flames.
According to him, two bedrooms were badly affected. “A 10-year-old girl was trapped inside the house. Our men rescued her unconscious, but she was later confirmed dead and handed over to her parents”..
On the second tragedy being the story of three men who died inside a well, the statement revealed that the incident occurred at Badume Kanawa Village in Bichi Local Government Area.
The fire service said that a 65-year-old man, Sa’idu Gada, was working inside the well when the rope supporting him suddenly cut.His son, Sani Isyaku, 20, entered the well to rescue him but could not make it out either. A third man, Yakubu Abdullahi, 60, also attempted rescue them, but became trapped as well.
The spokesman said, “Our men managed to bring them out unconscious, but all three were later confirmed dead”.
The bodies were handed over to DSP Kabiru Iliyasu of the Badume Police Division.
Furthermore, the statement went on, “The third incident happened in Danbatta Local Government Area, where a 10-year-old boy, Hassan Iliyasu Haruna, fell into a well at Layin Abba Dabo.
Firefighters from the Danbatta station responded to the distress call at about 6:02 pm.
They rescued the boy unconscious, but he was also confirmed dead and handed over to his father, Iliyasu Haruna.
The Director of the Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Sani Anas, warned the public to avoid entering wells during emergencies. “People should stop entering wells to rescue others. This behaviour is dangerous and leads to unnecessary loss of lives,” he warned.
