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Nine students killed in school fire in central Uganda
KAMPALA, Nov 12, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – At least nine students have been
confirmed dead in a fire that broke out at a high school in central Uganda on
Sunday night, a police spokesperson said Monday.
Emilian Kayima told Xinhua over telephone that the fire broke out at St.
Bernard’s Secondary School, Mannya in the district of Rakai.
He said nine students died in the inferno, and more details about the
incident would be released later.
School fires are common in Ugandan schools although most of them are not
fatal.
The last fatal school fire happened in 2008, killing 19 pupils at Budo
Junior School in Wakiso District in the Central Region.
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