Nigeria, Aug. 17 -- Five people have been confirmed dead and 10 others injured in two building collapse incidents in Kano State.

In a statement on Sunday, the spokesperson for the Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, said the incidents occurred at Gaida in the Kumbotso Local Government Area and at Kurna in the Fagge LGA.

Abdullahi said the first incident occurred at a construction site near Salbas Filling Station in Gaida, Kumbotso LGA.

"Emergency personnel from the Fire Service Headquarters rescued two workers alive: Muhammad Hassan, 17, and Khalid Abubakar,19. However, four other construction workers-Sunusi Surajo, 18, Bashir Ibrahim, 20, Ibrahim Ibrahim, 25, and an individual identified simply as Abubakar, 30-were recovered un...