Students Stranded As Fire Guts Bawku SHS Girls’ Dormitory

Fire has razed the girls’ dormitory block of the Bawku Senior High School (SHS) in the Bawku Municipality in the Upper East Region.

The incident is reported to have happened at about midnight on Thursday, May 4, 2023.

Students in the room at the time of the fire managed to escape, and no casualties were recorded.

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) was there in time as the firefighters prevented the fire from spreading to other blocks.

The building has been destroyed beyond repairs forcing students to pack their belongings outside the dormitories.

Meanwhile, it was reported on April 6, 2023, that one student of the Business Senior High School in the Sagnerigu municipality of the Northern Region sustained injuries after a fire gutted the boys’ dormitory block.

The incident which occurred on Thursday dawn affected the school prefect’s room.

All items in the building belonging to students were destroyed.

According to the firefighters, only one student was in the room at the time of the incident, as schools were on Easter break.

The Northern Regional PRO of the GNFS, ADO 2 Baba Huudu, said that a swift intervention of his men prevented the fire from spreading to other rooms.