Authorities in Masaka City are investigating the cause a Monday morning fire that left property worth millions of shillings destroyed at Masaka Parents Secondary School.
The fire broke out at 6am when students had gone for morning lessons, according to one of the students who talked to this publication.
“It is unfortunate that all the girls who were residing in the ill-fated dormitory lost everything, but we are lucky that no life was lost; it would have been a disaster in Masaka ,” he said
Exacerbated by the highly inflammable mattresses and pillows inside the dormitory, efforts by students and school authorities to contain the fire were futile as it left belongings like shoes, suit cases, clothes and books destroyed.
The police fire tender is said to have arrived an hour later, but failed to access the burnt dormitory due to the wet surface.
