At least one person has been confirmed de@d, and a truck razed down following a fire outbreak at an illegal oil refinery at Katango area of Wailari, located along Ring Road Bypass, opposite Maryam Shekarau Estate, in Kano.
The fire, which started around 09:50am on Monday morning, also burned down five residential houses in the location.
About five houses around the area and a truck were also razed in the inferno.
It took about three hours for the men of the Kano State Fire Service, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, and fire workers from Salbas Petrol Station to bring the fire under control.
The victim, identified as Aminu, the driver of the truck, was burnt beyond recognition at the site.
An eyewitness, Ahmad Gaya, who is a personnel of the Vehicle Inspection Office, VIO, told newsmen that he was on duty along the road when he heard an explosion and looked around and saw raging fire.
