KALUNGU .Police in Kalungu District are investigating circumstances under which a school dormitory gutted fire destroying properties worth millions.
Fire whose cause is yet to be established gutted two dormitories and a dispensary of Al Hudah-Watukkah SS , Kabale Bugonzi in Kalungu district destroying property worth millions.
According to a teacher at the school ,fire broke out at the time when students were in class, and no life was lost in the inferno.
“The affected dormitory houses girls that were having their preps at about 10pm ,good enough no life was lost ,but all their personal effects were destroyed,” he said
Mr Twaha Kasirye ,the southern regional police spokesperson confirmed the incident, saying the school did not have any fire extinguishers which gave them a challenge to put out the fire. He said a fire tender could not easily access the school premises because of lack of a proper road to the ill-fated dormitory .
“We were challenged by the way the school was built because it lacks proper access routes, and the fire fighting truck could not access the place in time, but we managed to save other buildings from being destroyed ” He added.
Kasirye asked school proprietors of schools to invest some money in procuring firefighting equipment to help during such emergencies .
Cases of fire outbreaks are becoming common in Kalungu this being the second incident in a space of barely four months , the last incident was reported in June at Butende Technical Institute when fire also gutted a girls dormitory