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A fire broke out at Malick Secondary School, prompting both staff and students to escape the compound as firefighters were swiftly dispatched to address the matter.

Azaria Ifill has our report.
Transcript
00:00The fire broke out shortly after 12 noon in Block F. Sam one fire station officer
00:05Cummings and his crew quickly got to work to extinguish the fire but there
00:09were some difficulties along the way. On arrival we would have encountered one of
00:14the chief buildings in the Malik secondary school on fire. Crew quickly
00:19got to work and started extinguishing the fire. Some difficulties encountered
00:25would have been the location of the building but we overcame that and
00:30quickly brought the fire under control. But with all the commotion Mr. Cummings
00:35commended the students and staff for evacuating the scene in a proper manner.
00:39What we could say is that the staff had successfully evacuated all the students
00:46from the school compound and we had up till present confirmed that we have no
00:53persons reported in this case anybody missing or unaccounted for. Fire officer
00:58Samson confirmed that the fire at Malik secondary school caused significant
01:02damage to several key areas of the building. He reported that the blaze
01:07primarily affected the silver room, library and conference room where
01:11equipment and materials were destroyed. Firefighters were able to contain the
01:15flames before they spread to other parts of the school but the extent of the
01:19damage to these crucial spaces is still being assessed. From all appearances it
01:24housed the silver room. This is just preliminary, still collating evidence.
01:30Silver room, a library with books stored and a conference room from what we have
01:36been told initially. According to fire officials investigations are still
01:40ongoing to determine what caused the mishap. Authorities have assured the
01:45public that they are doing a thorough investigation. Azaria Ifill, TV6 News.
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