At least two people have lost their lives, and many houses have been damaged by fire as a result of high-voltage electricity supply in the Karatudu community in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The incident left residents traumatised and in panic.
The victims, including a 69-year-old man identified as Johnson Atteh and a 16-year-old boy, Joshua Olatunde, were electrocuted in their homes while trying to switch off a refrigerator and plug in a mobile phone.
Residents of the community said the fire, which resulted from the power surge, was linked to a fault in the distribution line of the Kaduna Electric feeder that affected the transformer supplying electricity to Karatudu.