Bangalore: About 200 children of a private school were swiftly evacuated to safety after a fire broke out in the school here on Monday.
According to fire force officials, fire was noticed in one
of the rooms in the first floor of the Silicon City Public
Schools in Konanakunte, where waste materials had been dumped.
The school authorities evacuated the children from the
school building and called in fire tenders, which doused the
fire, Chief Fire Officer Erappa told a news agency.
The cause of the fire is being investigated, he said.
PTI
First Published: Monday, January 09, 2012, 14:56