{"id":63022,"date":"2025-03-19T12:39:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T12:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63022"},"modified":"2025-03-19T12:39:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T12:39:50","slug":"inferno-consumes-kano-recycling-hub-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/19\/inferno-consumes-kano-recycling-hub-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Inferno Consumes Kano Recycling Hub, Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A raging fire tore through a recycling facility and a bustling market in the Dakata area of Kano in the early hours of Wednesday, leaving properties worth billions of naira in ruins.<\/p>\n<p>The inferno, which started around 4 a.m., was reportedly triggered by electrical sparks from nearby poles.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said the flames quickly spread into the adjacent groundnut mill market, known for its trade in food items and provisions.<\/p>\n<p>Newly appointed Kano State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Bakori, visited the scene and confirmed the arrest of a suspect caught attempting to loot during the chaos.<\/p>\n<p>He assured residents that authorities would launch a thorough investigation to prevent future occurrences.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters from the Kano State Fire Service and private emergency teams battled to contain the blaze, preventing further destruction.<\/p>\n<p>Shocked traders and business owners watched helplessly as their livelihoods went up in flames.<\/p>\n<p>Many have called on both state and federal authorities for urgent intervention to help them recover from the disaster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal A raging fire tore through a recycling facility and a bustling market in the Dakata area of Kano in the early hours of Wednesday, leaving properties worth billions of naira in ruins. The inferno, which started around 4 a.m., was reportedly triggered by electrical sparks from nearby poles. Witnesses said the flames [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-63022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63024,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63022\/revisions\/63024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}