Fire outbreak razes down house, kills family of five in Kano
By Uzair Adam Imam
The people of the Agadasawa community in Kano State were in profound mourning after a fire broke out and destroyed a house, killing a woman and her four children.
The tragic incident, which has sparked sympathy from thousands of people across the state, was said to have occurred at midnight on Wednesday while the deceased were asleep.
The deceased, Zainab, and her four children, Amatullahi, Amaturrahman, Safiyya, and Muhammad, were family members of a Kano businessman, Ado Muhammad Uba.
A relative, Jazuli Jibril Aminu, reported that the tragic incident occurred when electricity was restored and the woman forgot to turn off the refrigerator she had plugged in, which caused the gas cylinder to explode.
According to Aminu, Zainab frantically tried to save her children from the fire, but her efforts were sadly in vain.
“Upon realising the fire outbreak, the mother, in her attempt to rescue her four children, couldn’t see the way.
“So, being a mother, she decided to put all the children beneath her so that the fire could burn only her.
“Sadly, all the clothes she was wearing burned in her body, and the children also got burned,” Aminu disclosed.
Attempts to save the victims were in vain
Aminu, who described the incident as a terrible tragedy, said the victims were rushed to the Murtala Muhammad Specialists Hospital.
However, one of the children sadly passed away on the way to the hospital.
Two days later, two more children followed, leaving only their mother and one child.
While receiving treatment, Zainab, the mother, also passed away on Friday, and the last child died the following day.
My cousin is in a state of complete family loss
“This family belongs to my cousin, who, Allah the WISEST, tested with a complete family loss. The husband, Baba Ado, had gone to work in another state when he tragically lost his entire family.
“Baba Ado is now left with neither family nor wealth, for everything in the house has burned to ashes. Ya Rabb, Ya Rahman, and Ya Razzaq, come to the rescue of Baba Ado. This is a very serious test. Please, brothers and sisters, pray for them and Baba Ado.”
Pray for me and my family—husband
Ado Muhammad, the husband, found it difficult to speak in detail about the incident when he was contacted by the Daily Reality.
Muhammad rather pleaded with people to include him in their prayers so that he could cope with the loss and to also pray for his family members.
He said, “I take this as a test of faith. So, I ask my fellow Muslims to pray for me so that I can cope with this loss and pray for my family.”