Crimes

Fire razes 3 ATMs in Kano

Fire, on Tuesday, razed three Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) of Zenith Bank at Tafawa Balewa road in the Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State.

The incident was confirmed by the Kano State Fire Service via a statement issued by its spokesperson, Saminu Abdullahi.

Abdullahi stated that the fire service received a distress call at about 12:06 p.m. from one Ghali Muhammad that there was a fire outbreak at the ATM points.

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“On receiving the information, we quickly sent some of our personnel and fire fighting vehicles to the scene of the incident at about 12:11 p.m. to quench the fire so as not to affect other ATMs,” he said.

Abdullahi noted that three ATMs were razed by the inferno, adding that three others were slightly burnt.

He attributed the incident to an electric spark from the ATM machines.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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