A 30-year-old man has died after entering a well to retrieve a burning gas cylinder in Gwarzo Local Government Area of Kano State. The Kano State Fire Service confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Monday by its Public Relations Officer, Saminu Abdullahi.
According to the statement, the Emergency Response Unit received a distress call yesterday reporting a rescue incident at Saulawa Quarters in Gwarzo town. The Gwarzo Fire Service branch was immediately mobilised after a resident, Alhaji Dan Gwarzo, reported that a man had entered a well during an emergency situation.
It explained that during the process, the gas cylinder opened and released gas, displacing oxygen inside the well and causing suffocation. Fire service personnel rescued the victim from the well unconscious, but he was later confirmed dead.
