Google map of Niger CollectedPublic television, citing witnesses, said the fire had broken out at around 1500 GMT, 'when the victims were in class'Some 20 children died on Tuesday after several classrooms caught fire at a school in Niger's capital Niamey, the fire service said. "Twenty-one classrooms in straw huts caught fire. Around 20 children were trapped in the blaze," fire service commander Sidi Mohamed said on public television. Public television, citing witnesses, said the fire had broken out at around 1500 GMT, "when the victims were in class." Authorities in the Sahel country have built thousands of straw huts to serve as classrooms, with children sometimes seated on the floor.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 13, 2021 21:56 UTC