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.
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.
On 13 April 2021, a school fire in
Niamey killed at least 20 pupils.
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2021 fires in Africa
2021 disasters in Niger
Fires in Niger
School fire
The School Fire was a wildfire that occurred in the US state of Washington in August 2005, so named due it to beginning in School Canyon. The fire originated in the Umatilla National Forest in southeastern Washington, in Columbia and Garfield ...
November 2021 events in Africa
School fires
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