At Least Nine Children Killed In Fire Accident

Fire Accident In An Uganda School Claim Children Lives

The Uganda Police has confirmed the death of nine children following a fire allegedly set by pupils in their school and dormitory in South-western Uganda.

Police spokesman Emilio Kayima told DPA that the suspected perpetrators had been recently expelled from the Saint Bernard Secondary School in Rakai district.

An unknown number of the injured children were rushed to the hospital in the nearby town of Rakai, Kayima.

Local broadcaster CBS Radio, however, placed the number of the dead at 20.

The exact circumstances of the fire, which had broken out around midnight, were still under investigation.

source https://www.naijanews.com/2018/11/12/at-least-nine-children-killed-in-fire-accident/