No fewer than 80 students have been displaced from their boarding house accommodation at the Don Bosco Secondary School and Youth Centre, Obolo Obosi, near Onitsha following a fire incident.

The Rector of the school, Charlse Uzoeto, who conducted journalists around the charred remains of the hostel on Sunday, said the fire broke out while the students and teachers were in school.

Mr. Uzoeto said the students had been sent back to their parents following an agreement between the management of the school and parents as there was no place for them to stay.

The Rector said the property of the students could have been saved, but the fire service was unable to reach the school in good time due to the bad access road.

“It was a serious fire incident. Nobody can say exactly what happened or how it happened, but everyone was in school.

“We can only speculate about the real cause, but we thank God that no life was lost.

“About 80 students are housed in the two wings of the hostel; we cannot quantify the extent of damage as virtually everything the students had in the hostel was lost,” he said.

According to him, the bedding, the entire roof of the building and even the structure of the building were destroyed by the fire.

“The fire services would have reached here much earlier, but on their way, they discovered that they could not access the place because of bad road leading to this place.

“After meandering through the markets with all the difficulties, before they came here, we were already counting our losses.

“I think if the roads were good, they would have reached here much earlier.

“They made efforts as human beings but they could not jump, they could not fly, and that reduced the chances of rescue,” he said.

Mr. Uzoeto called on government, corporate organisations and kind individuals to come to the aid of the school to enable it to commence its normal academic activities.

“The assistance we need is obvious, it is a private mission school built with the best intention, but the resources are not there like before.

“We need help from government, organisations and individuals to recover from this colossal loss,” he said.

Don Bosco Secondary School, Obosi is an educational institute, managed by the Salesian Priests of the Catholic Church, and is one of the three in Nigeria.

(NAN)

Source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/196904-fire-razes-students-hostel-in-anambra.html

See more photos here : http://www.teebernie.com/hostel-fire-displaces-80-students/

So sad. If not for the neglect of the South East by successive governments, that area would have had a good road. And Fire Service would have gotten there on time to salvage as much properties as they could.

MRSPEAKER1:

See what the Catholic Diocese is saying about the incidence : http://www.teebernie.com/hostel-fire-displaces-80-students/

stop deceiving people. There was nothing said by the Catholic diocese in the link. Both stories are basically the same

Ginaz:
Buhari why

some will come and blame buhari for the fire


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The way that state handles education, I would only say even though an unfortunate incident, the affected students have no reason to fear.
School will resume in no time.
I have started encouraging my relatives to enroll their children in schools in that state.
I envy the education policy there.
Kudos to the administrators of education there.

Chai

Pathetic

CHECK THE FULL PHOTOS OF THE HOSTEL

cLICK http://www.viviangist.com/tragedy-in-anambra-state-as-students-school-hostels-went-in-flames-photos

Awww

Hmmm. God will make a way. Do we still have a fire service in this country?

meforyou1:
So sad. If not for the neglect of the South East by successive governments, that area would have had a good road. And Fire Service would have gotten there on time to salvage as much properties as they could.

and what were the south east governors doing all the time?

sad

God have mercy, this is bad

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Buhari why

The one wey pain me pass inside this fire matter nah The garri wey burn put..

Maybe this fire nd the excuse of bad road would spur the govt to remember that road..

Uwa Mmebi Fire..

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Hmmmm

Na wa oo thank God no one was hurt RIP properties

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meforyou1:
So sad. If not for the neglect of the South East by successive governments, that area would have had a good road. And Fire Service would have gotten there on time to salvage as much properties as they could.

we must not blame govt for everything. In as much as we understand our govt in all levels, we must be proactive in making the right decision while waiting for them to fix things well. The school should have had some fire extinguishers that would have made the situation less severe. If many organizations had waited for our govt, them so many more billion naira and properties worth billions would be lost daily.

It is Unfortunate

Eeyah

fank God no life was lost....sorry for d damages..