Kano Gas Explosion: Death Toll Rises to Four

Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano 

Kano state Police Command on Tuesday confirmed that four persons had been killed by a gas explosion that occurred at Sabon Gari area, in Fagge Local Government of the state.
Mr Samaila Shuaibu Dikko, the State Police Commissioner, confirmed this to reporters, saying “it was a gas explosion at a welding workshop.
“The workshop uses a gas cylinder, which exploded and affected an old building of a school, that collapsed on people.
“Four persons have died and a rescue mission is ongoing to find out more that may be trapped under the rubbles.
“Let me confirm to you that it is a gas explosion. It is not a bomb blast as widely speculated,” the Commissioner said.
Also, the state government confirmed the explosion, saying that it did not  occur in schools as widely speculated.