No fewer than seven students have been reported dead, while 21 others were injured in a Sunday night fire that razed the Government Girls Secondary School, Jogana, Kano state.

PREMIUM TIMES reports that the fire occurred at the biggest hostel of the school when the students were sleeping.

However, it is being alleged that a source at the
emergency unit of Murtala Mohammed Hospital
disclosed that most of the students died of
suffocation and stampede, not burns.

According to the Executive Secretary of Secondary
Schools Management Board, Husaini Ganduje, who
confirmed the inferno, the cause of the fire is still not known, also confirming that seven students died in the fire while those who sustained injuries were
currently receiving treatment.

Hospital and school officials also confirmed the
deaths of the seven female students, saying their
bodies were deposited at Murtala Mohammed
Specialists Hospital.

In a statement by Usman Bello, the director of press
to the deputy governor, the fire was put under
control in the night, and the affected students were
rushed to hospital.

“Firemen have quenched the fire that broke out at the hostel of the Government Girls Secondary School
Jogana and the students have evacuated their
classes.

“Those affected were rushed to Gezawa and Sir
Sanusi Hospital,” the statement said.

“The commissioner of health has also mobilized
health personnel to attend to the victims of the
incident.

“The special adviser to the governor on education,
Dr. Bakari Ado Hussaini and management of Kano
State Senior Secondary Schools all mobilized to the
school and were coordinating with the state deputy
governor and commissioner of Education Prof. Hafiz
Abubakar the statement added

Source: DailyPost