Dormitory fire kills blind pupils in Uganda

At least 11 people have died in a blaze that tore through a dormitory at a school for the blind in eastern Uganda as pupils were sleeping, officials said. The disaster occurred at about 1am on Tuesday (22:00 GMT Monday) at the Salama School for the Blind in Mukono district’s Luga village, east of the capital, Kampala. SOURCE: Dormitory fire kills children at school for the blind in Uganda | News | Al Jazeera