School fire in Bukavu kills 26 children
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Africanews
Twenty-six children who died in a school fire were buried at a collective funeral held on Monday 14 September in Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Hundreds of people attended, while UNICEF and local authorities called for an investigation to be opened, according to Africanews.
The fire at Ujamaa primary school in Bukavu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killed 26 children and injured 25, according to UNICEF. The fire broke out on Thursday 11 September at around 9am local time, while the pupils were in class, in the Chimpunda district of Kadutu.
The flames quickly spread through the wooden building. Some children jumped from upper floors, while others tried to reach the exits, causing a stampede in which several pupils were trampled. Hundreds of people attended the funeral, held around rows of coffins and photographs of the victims. The school fire in Bukavu prompted a gathering of grieving families.
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