Ekeomah Atuonwu
According to officials, a fire that broke out in a school for the blind in central Uganda resulted in at least eleven children dying and six others being hospitalized in critical condition.
The Salaama School for the Blind in Mukono, which is located about 30 kilometers east of Kampala, had a fire at around 1 a.m. The origin of the fire has not yet been determined, according to police.
Deadly school fires, which frequently burn through dormitories, are extremely common in Uganda and frequently attributed to poor wiring, while authorities claim that some of these fires have been deliberately ignited.
In 2018, at least nine students were killed in a fire that broke out at a high school in central Uganda.
Before the 2018 incident, another fatal school fire happened in 2008, killing 19 pupils at Budo Junior School in the Wakiso district in the central region.
