Fire razes down Tema High School

Tema, June 14, GNA- Part of the building of Tema High School, a private Senior High School (SHS), in Tema, was razed down last night. All the 61 new computers and accessories, vital documents, furniture and science equipment got burnt in the two-hour raze, Mr Abraham Bediako, housemaster of the school, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA).

He attributed the disaster to sabotage as the "saboteurs" cut the wire net of a window and entered the offices where the fire started at around 0150 hours.

Mr Bediako, who lives close to the school, said he rushed to the scene when the security man of the school informed him about the fire outbreak.

The housemaster said "the fast manner with which the fire spread to all parts of the rooms shows that petrol had been sprinkled all over the place". Mr Bediako said it took firemen almost two hours to bring the fire under control and a report had been made to the police. The GNA could not get immediately get proprietor of the school, Mr Ramseyer Agyemang-Prempeh for his comment on the disaster. 14 June 08