Firemen on Friday rescued 12 persons trapped in a building under construction which collapsed at Kurna Rijiyar Lemon in Dala Local Government Area in Kano.
Kano State Fire Service Spokesman, Malam Saidu Mohammed, said in a statement that the building collapsed at about 1:37p.m.
According to him, the victims sustained serious injuries and were rushed to Waziri Gidado Hospital, Kano.
He said the cause of the incident was still under investigation.
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In another development, a 50-year-old man, whose identify was not immediately available, had drowned while bathing in a pond at Airport road in Kano.
Mohammed said the Fire Service received a distress call Friday afternoon that a body was found floating in a pond.
“On receiving the information, we quickly sent our rescue team to the scene.
“His corpse was handed over to ward head of Gwagwarwa Kwangila, Alhaji Umar Usman,” it stated.
NAN
