Scores of students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been left stranded after fire gutted and destroyed their hostel.
Sir Max hostel at Kentikrono near the University in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, was ravaged by fire on Thursday night around 9.
Students’ laptops, books, electrical appliances, clothes amongst a raft of personal items were totally decimated in the fire.
The upper section of the hostel took the harshest beating from the fire.
The cause of the outbreak is unknown, but some of the students say they suspect an electrical fault.
Source: GhanaWeb
