BIJAPUR/RAIPUR: A massive fire broke out in a government-run
residential school
in
Bijapur
district, Chhattisgarh, resulting in the death of a four-year-old girl.
The blaze broke out late Wednesday night at the
porta cabin
(prefabricated portable structure) school for girls in
Chintakonta village
under
Awapalli police station
limits, a school education department official here said.
The victim was not a student of the school. She was staying with her elder sister, who is a student of the school, since the last few days, the official said.
"All 380 students of the facility were safely evacuated by porta cabin staffers and local villagers. However, later it was found that the younger sister of a student was missing. She died of burn injuries," he said.
After being alerted, a fire brigade team reached the spot and the blaze was brought under control with the help of villagers, officials said.
Visuals of the incident revealed that the porta cabin structure was completely destroyed.
The cause of the blaze was not yet known.
Porta cabins are used for setting up school infrastructure in some of the Naxal-affected areas of the state.
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