19 schoolchildren die in school blaze

Ugandan police said 19 primary school children aged between seven and 10 burned to death with two of their matrons when their dormitory caught fire.

Ugandan police said 19 primary school children aged between seven and ten burned to death with two of their matrons when their dormitory caught fire last night.

Ugandan police spokeswoman Judith Nabakooba said police were investigating the cause of the fire at Buddo junior school.