A ravaging fire on Thursday morning swept through most parts of the girls’ hostel of the Biriwa National Vocational Training Institute and Rehabilitation Center in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region.
The fire consumed many items worth thousands of Ghana Cedis including students mattresses, books, beds, cooking utensils and undisclosed sums of money.
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In all, about 12 rooms were affected but six rooms were burnt to ashes with over 240 students displaced.
All affected female students have been sent home to return on Saturday, September 29, as stakeholders put measures in place to safeguard their stay.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known but the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) and school authorities had began investigations to establish it.
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There was no death but four female students who could not comprehend the rate of devastation and heat emanating from the inferno collapsed and were rushed to Anomabo hospital for medical attention and later discharged.
Some male students who initially battled the fire in the absence of the GNFS sustained various degrees of injuries as others wailed in disbelief and utmost shock.
Source: Myjoyonline.com