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| A section of the school that was burnt |
By JOE Hemba, Damaturu
The Shalom Nursery and Primary School, Damaturu, owned by the Redeemed Christian Church was yesterday razed down by a strange fire.
IMPACTOnlineNigeria gathered that the fire started from the primary block of the school wreaking havoc on the books, the desks in the class and the entire block burnt down to ashes.
The fire incident according to the Head Teacher of the School Mrs. Kemi Bature said the staff and management of the school are confused and still cannot determined the cause of the fire.
She informed that the school uses a prepaid electrical billing system and always put off the entire electrical system in the school anytime there pupils are not in school.
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| Children's books and furniture burnt in one of the classes |
She explained that the fire has caused a serious damage to the entire class block, the children’s books and other school records adding that it will amount to millions of naira.
Mrs. Bature also informed that the fire was detected by some of the neighbors who alerted a teacher before they contacted the state firefighting department.
Our correspondent gathered that police explosive detectives have visited the should to comb the area for any possible explosive or a strange inflammable item that might have ignited the fire.
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