A fire outbreak at the wee hours of Thursday gutted the popular singer market in Kano, destroying no fewer than 200 shops.

The State director of the fire service, Balarabe Kabara confirmed the fire outbreak was recorded around 6:00am and unspecified number of shops had been affected.

However, an eyewitness who identified himself as Aminu Inuwa said the fire started around 4:15 am, and a particular structure containing over 200 shops were completely affected.

Aminu said that the fire had also razed a number of ware houses of food stuff and essential commodities located within the vicinity of market.