A fire that started on Monday night in Anbar, a school for the blind in central Uganda, resulted in the deaths of 11 pupils and the case of six more who were in critical condition on Tuesday.
The “Salama” school for the blind in the town of Lua, approximately 45 kilometres east of the city, Kampala, according to the Ugandan police, caught fire around the first hour of Tuesday morning.
“The origin of the fire is unknown at this time, however 11 deaths have been verified to date,” she continued in a statement.
and six individuals were transported to the hospital in critical condition. ”
The students who were sleeping at the time of the outbreak of the fire found themselves trapped due to the stealing windows that were installed in the building according to government laws, as the Ugandan Minister of Ugandan disabled Helen Grace Asamo explained to Agence France -Presse, adding: “They were unable to escape and burn. ”
The authorities are still trying to identify the victims.
We will use DNA testing to identify the pupils who were burned so badly that it was difficult to do so.
Numerous pupils between the ages of 6 and 14 attend the “Salama” internal school, which was founded in 1999.
A visit by the British princess Ann, the sister of King Charles III, was planned for Friday as part of her trip to Uganda, which on October 9th celebrated its 60th year of independence from the United Kingdom.
The survivors of a fire that was surrounded by blind children and windows were hampered. 11 of them caught fire
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