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| BBC |
A fire has killed at
least seven female students at a boarding school in a village some 20km (12 miles)
from northern Nigeria's main city, Kano, Premium Times news site reports. Twenty-one others were
injured in the fire at the government-run school in Jogana village. The fire occurred at the school's
biggest hostel when students were sleeping, Premium Times reports.
Authorities
in the northern Nigerian city of Kano have been giving more details about a
fire which led to at least seven female students being killed and 25 others
injured at a government-run boarding school last night.
Most
of the victims died as a result of stampede while trying to escape through two
exits at the hostel in a village near Kano, officials said.
The
whole hostel was completely gutted by the blaze, and it took fire-fighters
hours to bring it under control.
The school has been closed
and authorities have ordered a full investigation into the cause of the fire.
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