Hostel Fire Kills Seven School Girls

                                

Seven pupils died on Sunday night when a “mysterious” fire razed the Government Girls’ Secondary School (GGSS) at Jogana, Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State.The fire was said to have started at 8.10pm when the students were preparing to go to bed.
Seven students died during the rush to escape the fire  through a narrow gate,the stampede caused by the rush caused their death,the eight apartment building housing over 200 girls was razed to the ground by fire.

a security man at the school who pleaded not to be named said: The school was in darkness because there was no power supply. The pupils had taken their dinner and were preparing to retire to bed when we heard the girls screaming from Alhaji Sani Yaro Ahmed Hostel.

“We thought they were being attacked by rapists. But we saw thick smoke coming out of the hostel. As we rushed to the place, there was stampede: the pupils struggled to escape from the fire.”

The death of the 7 students was confirmed by the deputy Governor of Kano,Hafiz Abubakar,who is also the commissioner of Education,he said the state government will pay the medical bills of those hospitalized,while the bodies of the 7 dead was handed over to their parent.