Nigeria, June 22 -- An explosion has occurred in a factory located along Ring Road, Mariri Quarters in Kano State. The police in the state have confirmed five deaths from the explosion.

Kano police spokesperson Hussaini Abdullahi provided information on the explosion in a press statement shared with PREMIUM TIMES HAUSA on Saturday.

"Fifteen people sustained varying degrees of injury and were immediately rushed to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital. Regrettably, five of the victims died while receiving treatment," Mr Abdullahi said.

Mr Abdullahi, a deputy superintendent of police, said the explosion was reported to the police by Ibrahim Udazu, the marketing manager of the Yongxing Steel Company, a Chinese-owned factory. He told the police tha...