Turmush — Today, October 29, a fire occurred at the Voenno-Antonovka secondary school, located in the Kozhomkul village aimak, Sokuluk district, Chui region.
The deputy director of the said school, Aigul Zhusupbekova, told the publication Turmush about what happened.
According to her, at the time of the incident a mathematics lesson was being held.
“One office was completely burned down. Firefighters put out the fire. Everything was covered in smoke, the corridor and two offices were blackened by smoke. As soon as the flames appeared, the teacher managed to take the children to a safe place in advance. Fortunately, there were no casualties. However, school supplies and student belongings remained inside. There were 28 students in that class with the teacher. Everyone was evacuated, no one was hurt,” said Zhusupbekova.
As it became known, this school was built in 1965. Despite the fact that the design capacity is for 750–800 places, it currently houses 2,600 students. Classes at the school are held in three shifts for junior classes and two shifts for senior classes.
As school representatives noted, since the school conducts civil defense exercises every year, students and teachers know well how to behave in such emergency situations.
Previously Turmush with reference to the Sokuluk district education department reportedthat after the fire broke out, 1,200 students were evacuated, and the educational process was transferred to an online format for one day.
According to the education department, the fire started at 11:20 in room No. 27 on the second floor of the school. After the fire broke out, school staff quickly took action and evacuated 1,200 students in the building to a safe place.
Also, the employees independently took measures to extinguish the fire using available fire extinguishing equipment, while simultaneously reporting the incident to the 101 service. Four fire engines attended the scene and the fire was completely extinguished by 12:25 p.m.
According to preliminary data, the cause of the fire was an electrical short circuit.
In connection with the incident, in order to ensure the safety of students and carry out the necessary work, on October 30, the educational process at the school was transferred to an online format for one day.
