Maradi school fire

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Maradi school fire
Date8 November 2021
Location Maradi, Niger
Deaths26
Non-fatal injuries14+

On 8 November 2021, a classroom in a primary school caught fire in the city of Maradi in southern Niger. As a result, 26 children were killed and more than fourteen were injured. [1] [2] [3]

According to Maradi Governor Chaibou Aboubacar, the fire in three classrooms in the private school killed preschool children between the ages of 5 and 6. Fourteen pupils were also injured in the incident, five of them in critical condition. Aboubacar declared three days of mourning in the country. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. However, the fire spread rapidly as the school building. Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world, school buildings are usually made of weeds and straw. [4] [5] On 13 April 2021, a school fire in Niamey killed at least 20 pupils. [3]

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