Fire burns 3 students to death in Yola
A fire started by a burning mosquito coil killed three students in Yola, Adamawa State.
The three were Islamic school students, better known as almajirai, who resided at their school premises in Sabon Pegi, a community in Yola South Local Government Area.
>It was collected on Monday that the incident occurred on the night of Friday, July 7.
School owner Malam Abubakar Usman has confirmed that the students died from the mosquito repellent fire that engulfed their room.
According to him, two of the students, Ismaila Muhammadu who was 12, and Yusuf Abubakar who was 13, died instantly, while Mustapha Ahmadu, 17, died Saturday morning while he was hospitalized.
Giving his account of the deadly fire, Ismaila Mohammed said: "It was around 11 p.m. (Friday) when we had already gone to bed, and one of the children came in crying.
"We rushed to see that one of the huts was on fire and decided to put out the fire; that's when we saw two dead almajirai in the burning hut."
A fire started by a burning mosquito coil killed three students in Yola, Adamawa State.
The three were Islamic school students, better known as almajirai, who resided at their school premises in Sabon Pegi, a community in Yola South Local Government Area.
>It was collected on Monday that the incident occurred on the night of Friday, July 7.
School owner Malam Abubakar Usman has confirmed that the students died from the mosquito repellent fire that engulfed their room.
According to him, two of the students, Ismaila Muhammadu who was 12, and Yusuf Abubakar who was 13, died instantly, while Mustapha Ahmadu, 17, died Saturday morning while he was hospitalized.
Giving his account of the deadly fire, Ismaila Mohammed said: "It was around 11 p.m. (Friday) when we had already gone to bed, and one of the children came in crying.
"We rushed to see that one of the huts was on fire and decided to put out the fire; that's when we saw two dead almajirai in the burning hut."
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