According to the Kano State Fire Service, three female passengers died and 13 others were injured when a commercial bus was tragically involved in a fire accident on Tuesday.
Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, the service’s Public Relations Officer, verified the incident in a statement to Kano journalists.
He stated that the commercial vehicle, a Toyota Hiace bus with the registration number XE 222 TRN, went up in flames near the Government Technical College in the state’s Nassarawa Local Government Area.
He stated that the incident happened when the bus travelling from Ajingi LGA to Kofar Wambai went up in flames.
The statement said that fire personnel and officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps successfully put out the fire and rescued most of the victims.
Abdullahi, who said three women in the bus were burnt beyond recognition, gave two of their names as Surayya Umar and Zeenai Babaji.
Abdullahi said the remaining 13 victims, who sustained various degrees of injury, were taken to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano, for treatment.
He said that the driver, Muhammed Gali, 35, and his bus conductor Hassan Danladi, 30, were also rescued without any injury and handed over to the police.
The official, who attributed the cause of the accident to a speeding limit violation and a burst rear tyre, implored motorists to drive with caution.
