GOVERNMENT PROB REVEALS THE CAUSES OF FIRE.

HEALTH

A year-long investigation into the cause of school fires has revealed that most fires were deliberate acts of arson.

Following a spate of school fires that left property worth millions of shillings destroyed and learners’ dead, the National Building Review Board (NBRB) conducted a countrywide investigation between May 2022 and May 2023 to determine the cause of the fires.

According to the NBRB Manager of Communications Herbert Zziwa, their investigations revealed that 50 percent of the fires gut commercial structures, 35 percent schools and the remainder guts residential properties.

Zziwa also cited negligence among students, saying some students smoke and do not discard left overs, which can sometimes start a fire if the conditions permit, while some schools don’t burn rubbish.

The investigation also cited poor maintenance of school property, revealed by electricity wires being eaten up by rats, and also lightning.