AT LEAST 25 CHILDREN DIED AFTER CLASSROOMS CAUGHT FIRE IN SOUTHERN NIGER

  • 09/11/2021

At least 25 children aged five to six have died after their straw-hut classrooms caught fire in southern Niger, officials say.


 A few others were harmed during the blast, what broke out on Monday morning as 
children took part in school lessons in the country's Maradi district. 

The reason for the fire isn't yet known. 

In Niger, flood study halls are frequently assembled utilizing wood and straw when the fundamental block structures can't oblige all schoolchildren. 

Monday's blast obliterated three such study halls, the chairman of Maradi city, Chaibou Aboubacar, told nearby media. 

One onlooker told the BBC they saw a few bodies being conveyed from the scene and various kids with wounds being set in vehicles to be taken to clinic. 

A portion of those harmed were supposed to be in a basic condition. 

All classes at the school have been suspended. 

While it isn't exceptional for flames to happen in school storehouses in Niger it is uncommon for one to result in such countless passings.

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