Death toll has increased from four to twelve in the gas explosion at Sabon Garri area of Kano State.
The Kano State Police command in a statement had said that four bodies were recovered from the rubbles.
However, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said it has recovered nine bodies so far from the Kano State gas explosion and three bodies were damaged beyond recognition.
NEMA Spokesman, Mr. Manzo Ezekiel, in a statement on Tuesday, said that the bodies have been deposited in a morgue at Armed Forces Hospital, Kano State, while two injured persons were receiving treatment at the same Hospital.
“The nine dead bodies recovered from the collapsed building in Kano after the explosion from a gas cylinder in Sabon Gari area of Kano State, have been deposited in the morgue at Armed Forces Hospital, Kano. Three of the bodies were damaged beyond recognition.
“The Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr. Mustapha Habib Ahmed was at the site of the incident and coordinated the rescue operations.
“He mobilised excavators being used for the rescue operations and said the NEMA team would ensure complete removal of the rubbles to retrieve all trapped persons.
“Furthermore, Mustapha Habib Ahmed, instructed the NEMA rescue team to remain at the site until the conclusion of the rescue and to work together with security agencies and other response organisations present at the location.
“NEMA is presently coordinating the rescue operations involving members Nigerian Red Cross, military, the Nigerian Police, Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, Kano SEMA.”
