Fire guts mortuary

The mortuary facility at the Federal Medical Centre in Gusau, Zamfara State capital, has been gutted by fire.

According to the chief medical director of the hospital, Dr Bello Muhammad Kotorkoshi, the cause of the fire was unknown, Daily Trust reports.

He said a committee had been constituted to unravel the mystery behind the fire incident.

However, he said the mortuary was empty when the fire started.
He said the fire had destroyed the facilities inside and that they had decided to be taking bodies to mortuaries in other medical facilities in the state.

Going further, he disclosed that they had notified the federal ministry of health and the state government about the fire incident