Three Students Burnt In UNIMAID Hostel Fire

According to reports, three undergraduates were burnt badly in a fire outbreak that occurred at the University of Maiduguri Murtala female hostel. 

The fire incident that happened on Saturday, November 6, destroyed lots of properties at the hostel, with three students sustaining various degrees of burns.

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 The fire incident, which is said to be the second of its kind in one month, was suspected to have started from a cooking stove. It was learnt that the fire was put out almost immediately by the university’s fire service.

Confirming the development, the director of public relations at the university, Danjuma Gambo, said preliminary investigations had shown that the incident was caused by a kerosene explosion, and that the three female victims were in the hospital. 

Gambo described the incident as an unfortunate event, adding that the university management was taking steps to enforce more fire safety regulations in students’ hostels.