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 addedhttp://dailypost.ng/2015/11/30/7-dead-scores-injured-as-fire-razes-kano-secondary-school-hostel/

people will die but none knows how or when. God help us to live long. RIP to the dead.

Endtime fire

rip to the death, bad news always from that part of the country hmmmm

This is the season.