When the fire broke out, about a thousand female students were inside the Government Girls’ High Secondary School Sirikot, according to news.
According to the correspondent, fire and rescue crews arrived in a fire brigade van and extinguished the fire after it had burned for over two hours.
He said that the Ghazi and Haripur Tehsil Municipal Administrations (TMAs) had also been called, but their vehicles had not yet arrived to the location.
The cause of the tragedy was not officially stated, however Rashid, a student’s father, said that his daughter was inside.
According to the reporter, the fire soon spread throughout the structure, destroying the school’s furnishings and paper records as well as the building itself.
Videos taken from the scene with mobile phones revealed massive clouds of smoke rising out of the school and roof debris falling while the fire inside raged. There were also a number of people gathered outside the school.
