DR Congo school fire leaves at least 14 children dead
September 10, 2026
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BUKAVU, DR Congo (AFP)—A fire ripped through a school in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Bukavu on Thursday, sparking a stampede that killed at least 14 children, local and health sources said.
The blaze began while the children were in lessons, forcing some to try to escape by jumping from higher floors, a teacher told AFP.
“In the middle of class, I suddenly heard students screaming, some were jumping from the upper floors, and others were running away through the doors,” Simon Kasamira, a teacher at Ujamaa primary school, told AFP at a clinic where he had been admitted.
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