Tragic: Fire razes students’ hostel in Jigawa

A student hostel in  Federal Government
College (FGC), Kazaure, in Jigawa was razed to
the ground on Saturday.

Speaking to newsmen in Jigawa,
the  Commandant of the Nigeria Security and
Civil Corps (NSCDC), Muhammad Gidado, said
the fire burnt down the hostel completely.
According to reports, Mr. Gidado did not give
the reason for the fire but he said it took  fire
men more than one hour to put it out so that it
did not spread to other buildings.

Vanguard reports :
“It took more than one hour for the NSCDC,
police, fire fighters and staff of the college to
put out the fire and rescue the students’’, he
said.
Gidado advised people to be extra careful when
using fire.