Fire razes Daba village

A mysterious fire weekend razed down about half of Daba village in Kazaure Local

Government Area of the state.

The incident left many people homeless and properties worth millions of naira

destroyed.

The inferno, according to eyewitness, started at around 8:30 pm in two houses at the

eastern part of the village.

He said occupants of the houses were heard shouting and calling for assistance,

which hardly came before the fire spread to other houses.

Our correspondent was informed by some victims that a total of 23 houses was burnt

to ashes but no life was lost. But however women and children were seen taking

refuge under trees, weeping as well as seeking for help, when Daily Independent

visited the area.

Chairman of Kazaure Local Government Area, Alhaji Sale Yahaya Taki, who paid a

sympathy visit to the village, described the disaster as a destiny from God which no

human being can stop.

He advised the residents to accept the disaster with good faith as God in his

infinite mercy knows why  the fire incident, stressing that He (God) would surely

reward them abundantly.

Besides, the chairman presented some relief materials from the council to the

victims. The materials include 100 pieces of blankets, 40 sets of rubber mats, 46

bags of maize, three bags of gari, while N8, 000.00 cash was distributed to each of

the 23 households which amounted to N184, 000.00.

Similarly, the state Commissioner for Works and Transport, Alhaji Baba Santali

Aliyu,  donated 30 sets of wrapper, while his wife, Hajiya Bebi Baba Santali Aliyu,

donated 10 sets of shadda.

Also, the member representing Kazaure, Roni, Gwiwa and Yankwashi, Bashir Adamu

donated food stuffs, rubber mats, set of wrapper (shadda) women wrapper and N3,

000.00 cash to each of the victim.