The Kano State Fire Service has rescued a 52-year-old man, Malam Mohammed Zakiru, from a collapsed duplex at Kofar Na’isa Quarters in Kano.

The service Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano that Zakiru was trapped in a collapsed building in the early hours of Thursday.

“We received a distress call today (Thursday) from Musa Muhammed, who lives in the neighbourhood, at about 6:45a.m that a building had collapsed.

“On receiving the information, we quickly sent our rescue team and a vehicle to the scene at about 7:20a.m,’’ he said.

According to him, Zakiru, who sustained serious injuries, was rescued and rushed to Murtala Mohammed Teaching Hospital.

Mohammed advised the general public, who live in old houses with cracks, to either vacate the house or renovate it, particularly during the rainy season to forestall collapse.