Police said on Tuesday that “eleven students died and six others were in critical condition after a fire incident in a school for the blind in central Uganda“
The fire outbreak started around 1 a.m. at the Salaama School for the Blind in Mukono, about 30 km east of the capital Kampala, and the cause of the fire is still unknown till this present moment, police said in a statement.
Deadly school blazes, which “often tear through dormitories, are relatively common in Uganda” and often blamed on faulty wiring, meanwhile school authorities say some have started deliberately.
