Another school disaster was Thursday averted as hundreds of female students of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) narrowly escaped death from an early hour inferno that gutted their three-storey hostel building.

We gathered that the fire started at about 1am from the last floor of the building and spread to other floors of the Hall II of the female hostel located inside the main campus of the university at Ugbowo.



Each of the floors of the three-storey hostel building is occupied by 200, 300 and 400 students respectively.

Although no life was lost in the inferno, several students sustained injuries while jumping from the top floors.

The injured ones were said to have been taken to the school’s health centre before they were finally transferred to an undisclosed hospital for further medical attention.

The Public Relations officer of UNIBEN, Harrison Osarenren confirmed the fire incident.

He said the fire started from a room inside the hostel, adding that the cause of the incident could be attributed to electrical fault.

He added that items in some of the affected rooms were destroyed and those that sustained burnt injuries were few and that those injured have been taken to hospital for treatment.

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Posted: at 13-04-2012 03:31 PM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Thank God ooo... Na good news good to hear. May God forbid bad news.... I wish d injured ones quick recovery.

Posted: at 13-04-2012 03:52 PM (12 years ago) | Hero

Chineeke tank U O, make d authorities investigate d cause and avert such disaster, to d ladies hw acada!!!!!!

Posted: at 13-04-2012 03:58 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

why is that girl looking at me like that

Posted: at 13-04-2012 04:05 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

which one?

Posted: at 13-04-2012 04:07 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

ThankGod for their lives

Posted: at 13-04-2012 04:09 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

tnk GOD

Posted: at 13-04-2012 04:12 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

eeeeeeeeehhh thank God

Posted: at 13-04-2012 04:19 PM (12 years ago) | Newbie

Tank! GOD! May GOD hlp us o! Wsh d injured quick recovary!

Posted: at 13-04-2012 04:33 PM (12 years ago) | Newbie

IF I HEAR EHHH...

Posted: at 13-04-2012 04:35 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

THANK YOU BABA GOD! HALLELUYAH!!!

Posted: at 13-04-2012 05:02 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

Good news

Posted: at 13-04-2012 06:25 PM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero

thanks be to ulmighty GOD

Posted: at 13-04-2012 06:26 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

Oluwa you too much .

Posted: at 13-04-2012 06:38 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

thank God for his mecry i wish you all a speed recovery

Posted: at 13-04-2012 06:53 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

HMM, ITS BECOMING WORRISOME , I MEAN TOO LAMENTING THESE DAYS THAT SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA WOULD COUNT THOUSANDS OF MISCHIEVIOUS HAPPENING,

Posted: at 13-04-2012 07:45 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Glory!!

Posted: at 13-04-2012 07:52 PM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Thank God

Posted: at 13-04-2012 08:30 PM (12 years ago) | Hero

Thank God for their lives ohh

Posted: at 13-04-2012 09:03 PM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero

ooooooooooh serious

Posted: at 13-04-2012 09:17 PM (12 years ago) | Hero

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