Fire at Jharkhand school's hostel, narrow escape for 25 girls
LATEHAR [Maha Media]: At least 25 girls had a narrow escape when a fire broke out in a hostel room of a residential school in Jharkhand's Latehar district on Monday morning, police said.
Beds and study materials of these students of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Bariyatu, were gutted in the fire, first noticed around 6 am, a senior officer said.
A fire tender was pressed into service, and it took more than an hour to douse the blaze, he said.
