AFRIQUECAN: THERE was a fire incident at the Dan-Agundi Transmission Station in Kano on Sunday that affected several parts of the area.
Kano State Fire Service confirmed that an inferno razed down two substation transformers at the Transmission Company, Dan’agundi, in Kano Municipal.
“We received a distress call at about 04:10 p.m from one Mr Umar, that there was a fire outbreak at the Dan’agundi substation. Upon receiving the information, we quickly sent a fire vehicle to the scene, to bring the situation under control,’’ Public Relations Officer of the service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi said on Sunday.
“Transformer one (TR one) with 60 MVA capacity and transformer two (TR two) 60 MVA capacity with one crane caught fire.’’