Prime Minister, Mark Phillips; Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand and Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, have begun to visit affected students and distressed families following the deadly early morning fire today which destroyed the Mahdia Secondary School Dormitory, the Department of Public Information said.
The early morning fire in Region Eight claimed the lives of twenty students and injured several others, some of whom were air-dashed to Georgetown for medical attention.