At least seven female students have died after a fire at a boarding school hostel Kano on Sunday night, officials say.
Most of the deaths resulted from a stampede as hundreds of students rushed to escape the blaze through two exits, the Kano state officials said.
Twenty-five others were injured in the fire which broke out as students were sleeping at the government-run Girls School in Jogana village, they added.
The fire which completely destroyed the school’s biggest hostel is, however, not being treated as suspicious.
Fire-fighters spent seven hours trying to put out the blaze, an eyewitness said.
Meanwhile, the Kano State Government has ordered the immediate closure of the school to allow for a full investigation into the fire.
