Two pupils admitted to hospital after Sharjah fire

Sharjah: Two female pupils were rushed to Al Qasimi Hospital after suffering from suffocation in a fire that broke out in their secondary school in Sharjah on Sunday afternoon, an official at Sharjah Civil Defence told Gulf News.

The fire broke out at the theatre of Fatma Al Zahra’a Secondary school at around 1pm. The fire spread panic among the pupils. The school was evacuated.

The civil Defence operation room received a call reporting the incident. The cause of the fire is still being investigated, but investigators suspect an electrical short circuit could have started the fire.