2019-09-19 is a tragedy in the lives of many parents who lost their kids to the School fire that leaves 27 children dead in Liberia. Fire fighters and Police officers in Liberia said a fire outbreak at an Islamic school had caused outrage as President George Weah mourns with parents.
The kids were learning the Koran when the fire broke out, the blaze was caused by an electrical issue and further investigations were ongoing- police spokesman Moses Carter.
Carter had originally said 30 children were killed before revising the death toll down to 27. Two survivors were taken to the hospital
A very trying and tough time for the families of the victims and all of Liberia. President George Weah visited the site in Paynesville, on the outskirts of the capital, and said the cause was still unknown.
We are here to encourage parents of the victims to have strength, because it is painful to lose your kids in this manner. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved families. We don’t know the real cause of the fire yet as regarding the electrical faults, but we will encourage our investigators to find how it happened- Weah told reporters.
The inferno struck while the children were asleep in their dormitory in the middle of the night, locals claimed faulty Electrical wiring caused a spark that became a full blown carnage that claimed so many young lives. Rescuers in white masks and surgical gloves carried the children’s bodies in bags from the destoryed burnt-out building left with only sheet-metal roofs which once housed a school and boarding school, all destroyed in the inferno.
Nothing is a horrific as this, losing children like this, please at a prayer to the families of the deceased children. May their souls rest in peace, Amen.