7 Girls Die As Fire Razes Down School Hostel In Kano

A mysterious fire has razed down Government Girls Secondary School, Jogana, killing seven students and 21 injured.The fire incident which occurred yesterday midnight, November 29, started from the biggest hostel of the school while the students were fast asleep at about 2am.

The recorded deaths resulted from suffocation and stampede as hundreds of students rushed to escape the blaze through two exits. The bodies of the dead girls was confirmed by hospital and school officials, with the confirmation that their bodies have been deposited at Murtala Mohammed Specialists Hospital.

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