Suacoco, Bong County– There are reports that the female dormitory, otherwise known as ‘Rally Hall,’ on Cuttington University main campus in Suacoco, Bong County, has been gutted by fire. Rally Hall has over 100 rooms.
Report by Selma Lomax, selma.lomax@frontpageafricaonline
Some female students, who were in the dorm, were forced to jump through windows for their lives, according to eye witnesses.
The actual cause of the fire has not been established, according to our Bong County Correspondent.
But university staffs have initially attributed the situation to electrical fault.
The fire incident comes at the time the university is preparing for the opening of a new semester.
The university’s director of Communications, Kwashie Tetteh, couldn’t ascertain the cause of damage at the moment. There is yet no casualty report.
More details to follow later…