Seventeen children of Tsangaya school (Almajiri school in the Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State were killed during a midnight fire outbreak on Tuesday, while the recovered bodies were buried on Wednesday
Penpushing reports that a resident of the community, Abdul Razak Bello said the midnight fire happened inside a study hall at Mallam Ghali Tsangaya School, adding that about 16 other pupils of the school sustained injuries.
The resident stated that the fire was severe because of corn and millet stalks stored at the school premises, recalling that the fire started late Tuesday night and raged for about four hours, and that there were about 100 pupils in the house.
‘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, they started seeing their legs, hands, they got burnt beyond recognition’, Bello said
Penpushing further reports that the chairman of Kaura-Namoda Local Government, Mannir Haidara, confirmed the incident on Wednesday, adding that details about the incident would be provided later., and that the 17 recovered bodies were buried on Wednesday.
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