Police decry lack of fire trucks in Greater Bushenyi as School dormitory burns

Police in Buhenyi District in Western Uganda are investigating circumstances under which fire gutted Nyakabanga Senior Secondary School dormitory in Kyabugimbi Sub County on Monday.

The morning fire left personal belongings, such as mattresses, blankets, scholastic materials and suitcases of about 40 students (residents of the burnt dormitory) burnt to ashes.

“We first heard a fire alarm at around 10am from our neighbours because all our students had gone for classes. We rushed to the scene and immediately started putting out the fire,” said Mr Bonney Barinyenka, the school head…