Barely one week after a devastating fire razed the Singer Market in Kano, another inferno has struck the commercial city, destroying no fewer than 50 shops at the Fatima Simra Multi-Purpose Market in the Dakata area .
The dawn fire outbreak, which started around 5:40 a.m. on Friday, February 20, 2026, left traders counting their losses as goods and property worth millions of naira were consumed by flames .
Chairman of the market’s fire committee, Dauda Haruna Chula, confirmed the incident, explaining that the affected shops were mostly small-scale businesses engaged in oil production, as well as plastic and nylon recycling .
“From the preliminary what we have seen, about 50 shops are already down and the fire is still ongoing. We are still expecting the Kano State Fire Service personnel,” Chula stated .
He noted that market officials immediately contacted emergency agencies upon noticing the outbreak, but traders expressed concern over what they described as a delay in response that could have reduced the scale of destruction .
The incident comes exactly one week after a major fire outbreak affected over 1,000 traders at the popular Singer Market in Kano, with property worth billions of naira destroyed and seven persons still reported missing .
The Singer Market inferno prompted Vice President Kashim Shettima to lead a Federal Government delegation to the scene, announcing a N5 billion intervention fund to cushion losses. The Senate also directed NEMA to provide immediate relief materials to victims .
Authorities are yet to issue an official statement on the latest incident as investigations into the cause of the fire continue .
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