An 11-year-old student of Patterson Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha in Anambra State, has been burnt beyond recognition inside the school hostel.
The deceased, a JSS 1 student, it was gathered was inside the hostel when the incident occurred while others went for devotion.
“Property worth millions of naira were destroyed in the inferno while the deceased was burnt beyond recognition”, a witness told The Punch.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed, confirmed the incident to The Punch.
He said the cause of the fire and value of property destroyed were yet to be ascertained.
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