Gas explosion
The Jigawa State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed that no fewer than three children have died in Sara Village in Gwaram Local Government Area of the state, following a cooking gas cylinder explosion.
The Spokesman for the command, ASP Abdu Jinjiri, who confirmed the incident, added that two others were injured by the explosion.
Jinijiri, who spoke with reporters on Tuesday in Dutse, said; “Last week, there was a fire incident in the house of one Alhaji Wada Sara, and the following people, Zainab Wada, Abdul Wada, Aliyu Wada, Fati Wada and Abdulrahman Wada, got various degrees of injuries.
“They were rushed to the Federal Medical Centre Birninkudu in Birninkudu LGA for medical attention.
“The incident was as a result of explosion from a cooking gas cylinder.”
He stated that Fati, Zainab and Abdulrahman, aged three, two and four years, respectively, later died at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, where they were further taken.