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School Fire Kills 19 Children, 2 Adults
A late night fire ripped through a school dormitory in Uganda killing 19 children and two adults who were locked inside the building.
Police have said the 21 victims had been locked inside the girl’s dormitory and by the time the fire brigade arrived the building had already become an inferno. Officials suspect foul-play after discovering there had been no electricity at the time of the fire, leaving them to surmise the blaze was intentionally set.
According to school worker James Kiiza, “We suspect that bad people are responsible for the fire. We cannot say it was due to electricity short circuit. And the door was locked from outside, which shows that someone could have first locked the door before setting the fire.”
The primary school is located just outside Uganda’s capital city Kampala
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