No fewer than 17 students have lost their lives in a fire incident which occurred at an Islamiya school in Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
The fire which started late on Tuesday night and raged for about three hours left 17 others injured.
A resident of the area, Abdulrasaq Kaura, informed Channels Television that the fire was reportedly caused by stored sticks, locally known as “Kara.”
Kaura said, “It happened at Makaranta Mallam Ghali, inside their study hall. There are about 100 of them in the house, after they evacuated the students, they thought none of them remained inside the house, it was when they returned after the fire, that they started seeing their legs and hands, they got burnt beyond recognition.”
Bello added that the 17 dead students were buried on Wednesday.
The chairperson of Kaura-Namoda Local Government, Mannir Haidara, confirmed the news to Channels Television on Wednesday in a telephone conversation.
He said details about the incident would be provided later.
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