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Rwamapara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire has gutted a dormitory at Rushanje Girls School in Rwamapara district reducing students’ properties to ashes. The fire gutted the welfare dormitory that accommodates 180 students on Tuesday night. Gertrude Atukunda, the school headmistress says that the fire broke out at around 8:00 pm …

Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire has gutted the boys dormitory at Haven High school in Nyahuka town council, Bundibugyo district destroying students properties worth millions of shillings. The affected property includes mattresses, books, jerry cans, clothes, and money among others. No casualties have been reported. The school head teacher Christopher …

Iganga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busoga East is investigating circumstances under which fire gutted dormitories at Iganga High school. The fire that started at 9.00pm on Sunday torched both the senior three and senior four boys dormitories as the students were still having their evening preps. The cause …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire has gutted the boys dormitory at Mbarara Secondary School. The fire that started at 10:30am destroyed Nyerere dormitory which houses S1, S2, and S3 students. The fire destroyed mattresses, clothes, books, shoes, and basins worth millions of Shillings. Monica Ashaba, the Deputy Headteacher in …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire investigators have established that dormitories burnt at two separate schools last week in Wakiso district were set ablaze by primary four and primary seven pupils. It started with fire at Young Elite School in Kasokoso, Kira Municipality where a dormitory was burnt in afternoon …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kiira region, is investigating circumstances under which fire gutted the supplies department at Kakira sugar works limited, in Kakira town council in Jinja District. The fire emitted heavy flames which spilled over to surround the whole supplies department building at around 9.00Pm, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kampala have arrested a metal welder following a fire that gutted one of the kiosks in the precincts of the National Theatre. Eyewitnesses say that the fire that started at around 12:30pm, is suspected to have been caused by sparks from welding activities …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Another person has died bringing to three, the number of the Bunyangabu ambulance fire victims. The latest victim is Donah, who was pronounced dead shortly after arrival at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital-FRRH. Two others including Peter Baluku, an emergency nurse from Bwera hospital …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several documents are feared destroyed after a fire outbreak in the Supreme Court building in Kololo in Kampala. The fire broke out in the Chief Justice’s chambers on the third floor at about 10:10 am Wednesday morning but was quickly put out. According to sources, …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire has razed down 25 stalls in Napier market in Jinja City Southern Division. The fire is said to have broken out around 8:00pm on Wednesday night. It affected mainly grocery and live chicken kiosks. Eyewitnesses say that one of the walls in the market …