KAMPALA, Uganda — A fireplace broke at a boarding college in a rural group simply exterior Uganda’s capital, Kampala, has killed 11 folks, together with youngsters, a police official stated Tuesday.
Luke Owoyesigire stated the in a single day incident occurred at a faculty for the blind within the district of Mukono, providing no extra particulars.
In a press release, police stated six different folks have been hospitalized in important situation. They stated it was not but identified what prompted the fireplace at Salama Faculty for the Blind.
Fatuma Ndisaba, a high official in Mukono, advised native broadcaster NTV that the victims, together with youngsters aged between 7 and 10, have been burned past recognition. With the assist of households, she stated, the victims’ our bodies might be recognized by way of DNA investigations.
Hearth incidents at faculties have been a reason for concern for training officers within the East African nation the place lecture rooms and dormitories are sometimes crowded. There’s often no firefighting tools in place, and officers generally blame incidents on poor electrical connections.
Two dormitories at a outstanding boarding college in Kampala have been destroyed in separate incidents in 2020. Nobody was harm.
In 2008, 19 elementary college college students have been killed in a nighttime hearth outbreak at a boarding college.
