Fire destroys girls? dormitory

Fire destroyed the personal effects of 17 students when fire broke out in the girl?s dormitory of the St. Francis Training College at Hohoe in the Volta Region on Wednesday.

Items lost by the students included pressing irons, bedsteads, suitcases, mattresses and school uniforms.

The cause of the fire was attributed to an electrical fault. Three students, Doris Elewosi, Mary Kugbleafe and Lilian Hoke, received minor injuries while Stella Atieku, who suffered a shock, has been admitted at Hohoe Government Hospital.

Miss Florence Harvey, student, said at about 3 a.m. on Wednesday, there was a loud explosion in the dormitory, followed by fire and smoke. Male students rushed to the dormitory with buckets of sand and water to bring the fire under control.

Mr K.N. Kwashie, Senior Housemaster, said in an interview a report that had been made to the Ghana National Fire Service, which is investigating the cause of the fire. ? GNA