The scene of thefire incident in Zamfara State.
No fewer than 17 Almajiri students of an Islamiya school in the Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Mallam Ghali Tsangaya School, were consumed by fire on Tuesday February 4, 2025.
The Chairperson of Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area, Mannir Haidara, confirmed the incident to Channels Television on Wednesday in a telephone conversation.
He said that details of the incident would be provided later.
Besides, a resident of the area, Abdulrasaq Bello Kaura, said that the fire, which started on Tuesday night, also injured 16 other students of the school.
Kaura said that the fire raged for about three hours.
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He further disclosed that the fire was from some stored sticks, known as kara in native Hausa Language.
Bello said that the incident happened inside a study hall at Mallam Ghali Tsangaya School.
He said the fire was severe because of corn and millet stalks stored at the school premises.
Bello added that the 17 dead students were buried on Wednesday.
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