Student injured in Chavakali High School fire

One student was injured and five mattresses burnt at Chavakali High School when a fire broke out in a dormitory some minutes before 8pm on Tuesday night.

Principal Kahi Indimuli, who spoke to the Nation via telephone, said the fire started in the dormitory after a power blackout.

“We noticed fire in the dormitory when the generator was turned on. Students were undertaking their evening preps and we quickly moved in to put out the fire before it could spread,” said Mr Indimuli.

He said the injured student was hit by a glass as the school was fighting to put out the fire; the cause of which is yet to be established..

“We cannot tell who may have lit the fire. We cannot tell whether it was an electric fault because we are yet to see any destroyed cables or sockets,” said the principal.

He said the school was still in the process of sorting out where the five students whose mattresses had been burnt would sleep.

The principal further said the school would first investigate if the fire was caused by an electric fault before it would allow students to spend the night in the dormitory.

The affected dormitory, Mr Indimuli said, was being used by Form Four students. Teachers were immediately summoned to the school to help address the incident.