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BY SUNNY A. DAVID, AWKA
A fire broke out at the Bishop Crowther Memorial Seminary School in Awka, Anambra State, on Saturday, May 18, 2024, resulting in the death of one student and the destruction of several properties.
The cause of the fire remains unknown, and an investigation is ongoing, while the remains of the student has been taken to a mortuary.
The fire damaged a part of the school’s hostel, including mattresses and other students’ belongings.
The Anambra State Fire Service Chief, Engr. Chukwudi Emmanuel Chiketa said that he received a distress call at 11:30 pm on Saturday and deployed firefighters and a fire truck to the scene.
He visited the scene again at 10:55am on Sunday, for a first-hand inspection and assessment of the level of damages caused by the fire outbreak.
The Fire Chief sympathized with the school management, students, and the family of the deceased, urging them to take heart and praying for God’s consolation.
Continuing, he said: “The School Principal, Ven. Dr. Emendu who received the Fire Chief narrated how the fire affected a part of the school’s hostel, damaged everything, including mattresses and other students’ belongings there in, and left one dead. According to the Principal, there’s no other casualty, no injury recorded.
“Dr. Emendu commended the State Fire Service, whom, he testified, that they arrived promptly on time as soon as was called and prevented the raging fire from further escalation to other parts of the building.
“He also commiserated with the family of the deceased whom at the time of the visit were still on their way to the school, stating that it’s always painful and heartbreaking to loose a child, not to talk of in such situation of fire outbreak. He prayed God to give them the fortitude to bear the loss.
Advising the general public, the Fire Chief reiterated that fire kills but it can be controlled.
He urged the people to always be safety conscious, and also, be careful in all that they do.
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