27 students victims of the Furaha and Ujamaa school fire buried in Bukavu

On September 14, 27 students who were victims of the fire that occurred on September 10 in Bukavu were buried at the Ruzizi cemetery. The fire, which started in a residential house, caused panic among students, leading to deaths from asphyxiation and stampedes. Over 500 houses were destroyed, and civil society actors are calling for preventive measures in response to the increasing number of fires in the city.