BY JOACKIM KULE MUHESI
Pupils at Hope Orphanage Nursery and Primary School in Nyamwamba West Cell of Kasese Municipality are now helpless after fire gutted the school structures.
It is alleged that on Saturday evening, fire destroyed the girl’s dormitory burning to ashes the pupils’ scholastic materials, mattresses, beddings and clothes.
Whereas the major cause of the fire outbreak has not yet been ascertained, Nyamwamba West Local Council I Chairperson, Mr. Moses Kathaba suspects that it could have been ignited by a short circuit.
Mr. Zakeri Baluku Bathebana, Local Council I General Secretary, was thankful that no deaths were registered although one pupil sustained injuries.
Rwenzori East Regional Police Spokesperson, SP Nelson Tumushime explains that the police have already kicked off investigations to ascertain what could have caused the fire outbreak.
The police mouthpiece reminds proprietors of schools and other public places to install fire extinguishers to respond to any fire outbreaks as and when they emerge.
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