At least 11 folks, together with youngsters, have died after a hearth broke out at a college in a rural group outdoors the Ugandan capital Kampala. A police officer gave this info on Tuesday.
Police spokesman Luke Owoyesigire mentioned the in a single day incident occurred at a college for the blind in Mukono district, and didn’t present additional particulars.
School fireplace incidents within the East African nation have been a reason behind concern for training officers.
Two hostels of a distinguished boarding faculty in Kampala had been destroyed in separate incidents in 2020. No one obtained damage.
In 2008, 19 college students had been killed in a night-time fireplace at a boarding faculty for grade faculty college students close to Kampala in 2008.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS