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Fire disaster at Sawla Senior High School

A Hostel housing students of the Sawla Senior High School in the Sawla-Tuna- Kalba District has been destroyed by fire.

Date Created : 10/28/2022 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : Takora Iddrisu Benjamin/Ghanadistricts.com

Most belongings of students, including books, beds, mattresses and clothing were all burnt by the fire.

According to some students who want to remain anonymous, they saw smoke coming out of the building while they were in their classrooms.

Some students who were at the hostel, immediately rushed out and informed their teachers.

Personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GFS) were called and after battling with the fire for close to 30 minutes managed to control the unfortunate situation from spreading to other buildings.

The course of the fire is not known but reports suggested that it started around 1:00pm to 2:00pm.

The Ghana National fire service has begun preliminary investigations to ascertain the cause of the fire.

School management in conjunction with Ghana Education Service (GES) is seriously working around the clock to get things back to normal in the school.

The school authorities expressed worry about the situation and appealed to government and other benevolent organizations to as a matter of urgency come to the aid of the school by providing the students with decent accommodation to continue with their academic activities.

However, the regional education directorate visited the scene to ascertain situations on the grounds.